Jim Savage (shot putter)

Jim Savage
MBE
Personal information
Full nameJames Leslie Herbert Savage
Born(1936-07-01)1 July 1936
Died20 February 2023(2023-02-20) (aged 86)
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
Sport
  • Athletics
  • archery
  • table tennis
Medal record
Men's para athletics
Representing  New Zealand
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Heidelberg Shot put 3
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Toronto Shot put 3

James Leslie Herbert Savage MBE (1 July 1936 – 20 February 2023) was a New Zealand Paralympic athletics competitor. He won bronze medals at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Paralympics in the shot put 3 event.[1]

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]

Savage died on 20 February 2023, at the age of 86.[3]

  1. ^ "IPC athlete biography". paralympic.org. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  2. ^ "No. 47104". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 31 December 1976. p. 43.
  3. ^ "Jim Savage MBE #14". Paralympics New Zealand. Retrieved 21 February 2023.