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Jim Savage (shot putter)

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Jim Savage
Personal information
Full nameJames Leslie Herbert Savage
Nationality New Zealand
Born (1936-07-01) 1 July 1936 (age 88)
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 (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]

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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