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Jim SavageMBE

Personal information
Full name	James Leslie Herbert Savage
Born	(1936-07-01)1 July 1936
Died	20 February 2023(2023-02-20) (aged 86)
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Athletics archery table tennis
Medal record Men's para athletics Representing  New Zealand Paralympic Games 1972 Heidelberg Shot put 3 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.

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

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

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

• Jim Savage at Paralympics New Zealand
• J. Savage at the International Paralympic Committee

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