Jim Savage (athlete)

James Leslie Herbert Savage MBE (born 1 July 1936) is a Paralympic athletics competitor from New Zealand. He won a bronze medal at the 1972 Games and 1976 Games in the Shot Put 3 event.[1]

Jim Savage
MBE
Personal information
Full nameJames Leslie Herbert Savage
Nationality New Zealand
Born (1936-07-01) 1 July 1936
Medal record
Men's para athletics
Representing  New Zealand
Paralympic Games
1972 Heidelberg Shot Put 3
1976 Toronto Shot Put 3

In the 1977 New Year Honours, Savage was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to paraplegics and sport.[2]

References
  1. "IPC athlete biography". paralympic.org. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  2. "No. 47104". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 31 December 1976. p. 43.


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