June Foulds
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June Foulds is a British athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.

She competed for Great Britain in the 1952 Summer Olympics
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland in 1952. Helsinki had been earlier given the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were cancelled due to World War II...

 held in Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 where she won the Bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres with her team mates Sylvia Cheeseman
Sylvia Cheeseman
Sylvia Cheeseman is a British athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.She competed for Great Britain in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the bronze medal with her team mates June Foulds, Jean Desforges and Heather Armitage.-References:...

, Jean Desforges
Jean Desforges
Jean Catherine Desforges is a retired female athlete from Great Britain, who competed mainly in the 80 metres hurdles and long jump....

 and Heather Armitage
Heather Armitage
Heather Joy Armitage is a British athlete who competed in sprint events.She competed for Great Britain in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia where she won the silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres with her team mates Anne Pashley, Jean Scrivens and June Foulds...

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She returned four years later to the 1956 Games
1956 Summer Olympics
The 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne, Australia, in 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, which could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations...

 held in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 to team up again with Heather Armitage
Heather Armitage
Heather Joy Armitage is a British athlete who competed in sprint events.She competed for Great Britain in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia where she won the silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres with her team mates Anne Pashley, Jean Scrivens and June Foulds...

 to win a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres this time with Anne Pashley
Anne Pashley
Anne Pashley is a retired female track and field sprinter, who represented Great Britain at the 1956 Summer Olympics...

 and Jean Scrivens
Jean Scrivens
Jean Scrivens is a British athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.She competed for Great Britain in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the Silver medal, behind host nation Australia, with her team mates Anne Pashley, June Foulds and...

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