Leslie Edward Pithie (7 July 1908 – 31 January 1980) was a New Zealand rower who won a bronze medal for his country at the 1938 British Empire Games.

[2] In 1938, he became engaged to Gwendoline Williams of Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, and the couple married on 27 November 1940 at the Presbyterian church in the Melbourne suburb of Toorak.

[2] At the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, Pithie was the bow in the New Zealand men's eight that won the bronze medal, finishing two lengths behind the second-placed Australian crew.

[2] In April 1941, he was posted to the 7th Officer Cadet Training Unit, and was a platoon commander in the force sent to garrison Fiji that year.

[2] There he was promoted from lieutenant to captain, and he was appointed liaison officer for the brigade at divisional headquarters when he returned to New Zealand.