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Jim Savage
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]

References

  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.

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jim Savage
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]

References

  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.

External links



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