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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 December 1924 Nottingham, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 December 1979 (aged 55) Chester, England | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 200 cm (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 105 kg (231 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Shot put/Discus | ||||||||||||||
| Club | London Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||
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John Andrew Savidge (18 December 1924 – 26 December 1979) was a Britishtrack and field athlete who specialised in theshot put and competed at the1952 Summer Olympics.[1]
Savidge was born inNottingham but was a member of theLondon Athletic Club.[2]
Savidge finished third behindJohn Giles in the shot put event at the1949 AAA Championships[3][4] The following year he missed out on a spot on theEngland Empire Games team and shortly afterwards finished second behindPetar Sarcevic at the1950 AAA Championships. His second place earned him the title ofBritish champion because he was the highest placed athlete in the event.[5] Another second place in 1951 was followed by winning the title outright at the1952 AAA Championships.[6]
Shortly after his AAA title success he represented theGreat Britain team at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, finishing in a creditable sixth place in the Olympic final.[2] He was Britain's undisputed shot put champion at this time and retained his AA title in 1953 and 1954. He also reached the podium in the discus throw event at the same Championships.[6]
Savidge represented theEngland team at the1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games and won the shot put title with agames record mark of 16.77 m (55 ft 0 in). He was England's first ever champion in the event.[7]
He also competed at theEuropean Athletics Championships for Great Britain in 1950 and 1954.[8][9]
