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{{Short description|English swimmer (born 1963)}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
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| name           = June Croft
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| fullname       = June Alexandra Croft
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| national_team  = Great Britain
| strokes        = [[Freestyle swimming|Freestyle]]
| club           = Wigan Wasps Swim Club
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| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1963|6|17|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Ashton-in-Makerfield|Ashton-in-Makerfield, England]]
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{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]] | [[Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]] | [[Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Women's 400 metre freestyle|400 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[Swimming at the 1982 Commonwealth Games|1982 Brisbane]] | 100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold | 1982 Brisbane | 200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold | 1982 Brisbane | 4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver | 1982 Brisbane | 4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1990 Commonwealth Games|1990 Auckland]] | 4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze | 1982 Brisbane | 400 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze | 1990 Auckland | 4×100 m freestyle}}
}}

'''June Alexandra Croft''' (born 17 June 1963) is an English former [[freestyle swimming|freestyle]] [[swimmer]].

==Swimming career==
Croft represented Great Britain at three consecutive [[Summer Olympics]], starting in 1980. At her Olympic debut in Moscow, she won the [[silver medal]] in the women's 4×100-metre medley relay, followed by the [[bronze medal]] in the women's 400-metre freestyle four years later at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]] in Los Angeles.

She represented [[England at the 1982 Commonwealth Games|England]] and won five medals at the [[1982 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]], [[Australia]]; triple [[gold medal|gold]] in the 100 and 200 metres freestyle and 4x100 metres relay, a silver in the medley relay and a bronze in the 4x200 metres freestyle relay.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/brisbane-1982/athletes|title=1982 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}</ref> Eight years later she represented [[England at the 1990 Commonwealth Games|England]] and won a silver and bronze in the freestyle relays events, at the [[1990 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Auckland]], [[New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/auckland-1990/athletes|title=1990 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/53889|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=9 September 2019|archive-date=20 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720082608/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/53889|url-status=dead}}</ref>

She is a four times consecutive winner of the [[British Swimming Championships|ASA National British Championships]] title over [[British Swimming Championships - 100 metres freestyle winners|100 metres freestyle]] (1980–1983),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS185304762/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=ac6aeef5|title=Hennessy, John. "Swimming." Times, 26 May 1980, p. 11|newspaper=The Times|date=26 May 1980 |page=11 |last1=Hennessy |first1=John }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS201689354/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=eea42da6|title=Still, Athole. "Swimming." Times, 10 Aug. 1981, p. 12|newspaper=The Times|date=10 August 1981 |page=12 |last1=Still |first1=Athole }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS253332247/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=b1ab5dd2|title="Miss Croft's victory of mixed emotions." Times, 23 Aug. 1982, p. 15|newspaper=The Times|date=23 August 1982 |page=15 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS353471737/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=131975a0|title=Still, Athole. "Hardcastle on song in medley." Times, 25 July 1983, p. 21|newspaper=The Times|date=25 July 1983 |page=21 |last1=Still |first1=Athole }}</ref> twice the [[British Swimming Championships - 200 metres freestyle winners|200 metres freestyle]] champion in 1982 and 1983, the [[British Swimming Championships - 400 metres freestyle winners|400 metres freestyle]] champion in 1982 and the [[British Swimming Championships - 200 metres medley winners|200 metres medley]] champion in 1982.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS253332247/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=b1ab5dd2|title="Miss Croft's victory of mixed emotions." Times, 23 Aug. 1982, p. 15|newspaper=The Times|date=23 August 1982 |page=15 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS353471737/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=131975a0|title=Still, Athole. "Hardcastle on song in medley." Times, 25 July 1983, p. 21|newspaper=The Times|date=25 July 1983 |page=21 |last1=Still |first1=Athole }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS336956180/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=c1449172|title=Still, Athole. "Swimming." Times, 20 Aug. 1982, p. 20|newspaper=The Times|date=20 August 1982 |page=20 |last1=Still |first1=Athole }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)]]
* [[List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* [http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=947 British Olympic Committee]
* {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cr/june-croft-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417164220/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cr/june-croft-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=June Croft}}

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