June Maston

Australian runner and athletics coach (1928–2004)

June Maston

Personal information

Birth name

June Elaine Rita Maston

Full name

June Elaine Rita Ferguson

Born

14 March 1928 (1928-03-14)
Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia

Died

3 December 2004 (2004-12-04) (aged 76)

Medal record

Women's athletics

Representing Australia
Olympic Games
	1948 London	4x100 metre relay

June Elaine Rita Maston (later Ferguson; 14 March 1928 – 3 December 2004) was an Australian sprinter and athletics coach from New South Wales. In 1948 she placed fourth in the Australian national championships over 100 yards.^[1]^[2]^[3]

At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London she won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay with teammates Shirley Strickland, Joyce King and Elizabeth McKinnon. She had earlier competed in the women's long jump event, but did not qualify for the final. At the Olympics she met her future husband, water polo player Jack Ferguson.^[2]

Later, she became an athletics coach. Her most successful charges included four-time Olympic sprint champion Betty Cuthbert and Olympic 80 metres hurdles champion Maureen Caird.

Maston had five children: Jeremy, Ian, Fiona, Megan, and Debra.

References

^ "June MASTON". athletics.com.au. Australian Athletics Results. Archived from the original on 14 October 2007.
^ ^a ^b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "June Maston". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2021. Full name: June Elaine Rita Maston (-Ferguson)
^ "News: June Ferguson passes away". WorldAthletics.org. 6 December 2004.