Jim Savage (shot putter)
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| Full name | James Leslie Herbert Savage | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 July 1936 | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 February 2023 (aged 86) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]- ^ "IPC athlete biography". paralympic.org. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ^ "No. 47104". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 31 December 1976. p. 43.
- ^ "Jim Savage MBE #14". Paralympics New Zealand. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
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