John Savidge
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Nationality | England | ||||||||||||||
Born | 18 December 1924 | ||||||||||||||
Died | 26 December 1979 (aged 55) | ||||||||||||||
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John Andrew Savidge (18 December 1924 – 26 December 1979) was a British track and field athlete who specialised in the shot put.
Athletics career
He competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1] and finished in sixth place. He was born in Nottingham.
Savidge represented England at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games and won the shot put title with a games record mark of 16.77 m (55 ft 0 in). He was England's first ever champion in the event.[2] He also competed at the European Athletics Championships for Great Britain in 1950 and 1954.[3][4]
He won the shot put at the AAA Championships for three consecutive years (1952–54).[5]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Savidge". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 December 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
- ^ Commonwealth Games medalists - Men. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-01-25.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1954 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ BRITISH ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS 1945-1959. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-01-25.
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- 1930: Harry Hart (SAF)
- 1934: Harry Hart (SAF)
- 1938: Louis Fouché (SAF)
- 1950: Mataika Tuicakau (FIJ)
- 1954: John Savidge (ENG)
- 1958: Arthur Rowe (ENG)
- 1962: Martyn Lucking (ENG)
- 1966: Dave Steen (CAN)
- 1970: Dave Steen (CAN)
- 1974: Geoff Capes (ENG)
- 1978: Geoff Capes (ENG)
- 1982: Bruno Pauletto (CAN)
- 1986: Billy Cole (ENG)
- 1990: Simon Williams (ENG)
- 1994: Matt Simson (ENG)
- 1998: Burger Lambrechts (RSA)
- 2002: Justin Anlezark (AUS)
- 2006: Janus Robberts (RSA)
- 2010: Dylan Armstrong (CAN)
- 2014: O'Dayne Richards (JAM)
- 2018: Tom Walsh (NZL)
- 2022: Tom Walsh (NZL)
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