June Foulds
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Birth name | June Florence Foulds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Shepherd's Bush, England[1] | 13 June 1934||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 6 November 2020[2][3] | (aged 86)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 100 m, 200 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Spartan Ladies L.A.C., London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 100 m – 11.6 (1956) 200 m – 23.7 (1956)[1][4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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June Florence Paul (née Foulds; 13 June 1934 – 6 November 2020) was a British track and field sprint runner.
Early life
Born June Florence Foulds in Shepherd's Bush in 1934, she was brought up by her grandparents.[5]
She originated from East Acton.[6] She lived at 80 Fitzneal Street. She attended Burlington Grammar School on Wood Lane.[7] She left school in 1951 aged 17.
Personal life
She married British Olympic fencer Raymond Paul.[8] Their son Steven Paul also became an Olympic fencer[1] and their nephew Barry Paul won a Commonwealth Games gold medal. She was the second wife of singer Ronnie Carroll, with whom she co-owned a successful club in Grenada in the 1970s, until political unrest halted tourism. They were to later divorce.[9] Her third husband was Eric Reynolds, divorcing after two years.[5] She ran a food stall and became a key figure in the development of the Camden Lock Markets, she ran several restaurants in London, including those trading as "Huffs". In 1993 she started running the "Hampstead Everyman Cinema", in Hampstead, London, turning the basement into a popular bar and restaurant, later selling the entire site to the Everyman Group.[10]
She appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 17 November 1958.[11]
Foulds died at the age of 86.[2][10]
Athletics career
Foulds competed in the 100 m, 200 m and
References
- ^ a b c d Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "June Foulds-Paul". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ a b "June Foulds: Athlete, media star and a true market force". Camden New Journal. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ "Trailblazing sprinter June Foulds dies". 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ June Paul (née Foulds). trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ a b "Interview: Still doing her personal best at 60: In the Fifties June". The Independent. 7 December 1993. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ^ Daily Mirror Monday 11 July 1949, page 11
- ^ Acton Gazette Friday 16 June 1950, page 2
- British Athletics. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ^ "Ronnie Carroll, singer and 'Eurovisionary' - obituary". The Telegraph. 14 April 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ^ a b "June Foulds: Athlete, media star and a true market force". Camden New Journal. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- ^ "Desert Island Discs – Castaway : June Paul". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 24 July 2014.