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{{Short description|Australian runner and athletics coach (1928–2004)}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
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| birth_name     = June Elaine Rita Maston
| full_name      = June Elaine Rita Ferguson
| birth_date     = {{Birth date text|14 March 1928}}
| birth_place    = [[Tweed Heads, New South Wales]], Australia 
| death_date     = {{Death-date and age|3 December 2004|14 March 1928}}
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| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | Women's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1948 Summer Olympics|1948 London]] | [[Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4x100 metre relay]]}}
}}

'''June Elaine Rita Maston''' (later '''Ferguson'''; 14 March 1928 &ndash; 3 December 2004) was an Australian [[Sprint (running)|sprinter]] and athletics coach from [[New South Wales]]. In 1948 she placed fourth in the Australian national championships over 100 yards.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.athletics.com.au/history/athletes/athlete116.htm |title=June MASTON |website=athletics.com.au |publisher=Australian Athletics Results |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014235304/http://www.athletics.com.au/history/athletes/athlete116.htm |archive-date=14 October 2007 |access-date=}}</ref><ref name="SR/Olympics">{{cite Sports-Reference |title=June Maston |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/june-maston-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418095947/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/june-maston-1.html |archive-date=18 April 2020 |access-date=23 September 2021 |quote=Full name: June Elaine Rita Maston (-Ferguson)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/news/june-ferguson-passes-away |title=News: June Ferguson passes away |website=WorldAthletics.org |date=6 December 2004}}</ref>

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 (water polo)|Jack Ferguson]].<ref name="SR/Olympics" />

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.

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==External links==
* {{World Athletics|14557040|June Maston}}
* {{AOC|june-ferguson|June Ferguson|20131019054348}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|june-rit-maston-fergson|June Rita Maston-Ferguson
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* {{Olympedia|64549|June Maston}}

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[[Category:Sportswomen from New South Wales]]
[[Category:Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Tweed Heads, New South Wales]]
[[Category:20th-century Australian sportswomen]]


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