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John Savidge was an successful athlete representing Britain and England in the Shot Put in the Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952 and the Empire Games in Vancouver in 1954.

Born in Nottingham in 1924, he joined the Royal Marines just after the outbreak of the second world war where his abilities were recognised by Geoff Dyson, Chief coach of the British Olympic team.

Finishing sixth in the Olympic Games in 1952 - a position never improved by a British male Olympic Shot Putter - he won a Gold medal at the 1954 Empire Games.

Retiring from athletics in 1959, he worked for British Steel in Shotton but died early in 1979 at the age of 55.