Jim Savage (shot putter)

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
1972 HeidelbergShot put 3
1976 TorontoShot 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.