| Jim Leckie | |
| Birth Name: | James George Leckie |
| Birth Date: | 9 October 1903 |
| Birth Place: | Blueskin Bay, New Zealand |
| Death Place: | Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Occupation: | Schoolteacher |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Nationals: | Hammer throw champion (1932, 1945, 1946, 1948) |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
James George Leckie (9 October 1903 - 25 June 1982) was a New Zealand track and field athlete who won a bronze medal at the 1938 British Empire Games.
Born at Blueskin Bay, north of Dunedin, on 9 October 1903, Leckie was the son of William Gunn Leckie and Helen Cameron Leckie (née Farquharson).[1] [2] He married Daisy Isabella McIntyre on 22 August 1934,[3] and they went on to have three children.[1]
Leckie was a four-time winner of the New Zealand hammer throw title at the national amateur athletics championships, in 1932, 1945, 1946, and 1948.[4]
Selected to represent New Zealand at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, Leckie was his team's flagbearer at the opening ceremony.[5] He won the bronze medal in the men's hammer throw, with a best distance of 145feet.[6] Leckie was also entered for the men's discus, but did not start.[6]
Twelve years later at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, Leckie was the New Zealand team captain.[5] He placed seventh in the men's hammer, recording a best throw of 136feet.[6]
During World War II, Leckie was a member of the Home Guard, and was appointed as a temporary second lieutenant in February 1943.[7] In civilian life, he was a schoolteacher, and was headmaster at Sawyers Bay School.[5]
Leckie died in Dunedin on 25 June 1982.[8]