UK (Commonwealth) _ Geoff Capes, 75, the two-time world champion and the record-breaking shot put champion for Britain, died.
In 1980, Capes broke the previous record for the longest shot by a male British athlete at 21.68 meters. According to the letter, Geoffrey Capes‘s family notified of his untimely death on October 23.
Capes had a stellar career, winning gold in the shot twice at the Commonwealth Games and the European Indoor Championships. Three times an Olympian, he came the closest to winning a medal at the 1980 Moscow Games when he placed sixth.
Capes had a stellar career, winning gold in the shot twice at the Commonwealth Games and the European Indoor Championships. In addition, Capes, a Lincolnshire native, won the World Highland Games six times.
After taking home the prestigious World’s Strongest Man title in 1983 in Christchurch, New Zealand, and 1985 in Cascais, Portugal, he rose to fame. Following his triumph in 2017, fellow World’s Strongest Man champion Eddie Hall hailed Capes as a “true legend of strength”.
Hall described Geoff as a two-time World’s Strongest Man, a record-breaking shot putter, and a giant in spirit and heart. By proving that British tenacity and bravery could win the world, he paved the way for athletes like me.
Geoff was an inspiration to many of us as children. His outstanding achievements and moral character profoundly impacted the strong community. His legacy will serve as an inspiration to the next generation of athletes and strongmen worldwide.
“Go to sleep, big man. You’ll always be remembered as one of the greatest. Geoff Capes won six titles, making him the most successful competitor in World Highland Games history.
According to the Geoff Capes Foundation website, Capes was 6 feet 5.5 inches tall and weighed 170 kilos in his prime. Capes coached and coached new athletes after he retired from sport. Additionally, he appeared on two reality TV programs.
Capes’ shot put record was broken in 2003 by Carl Myerscough of Britain, who threw 21.92 meters in Sacramento, California, but the outcome was not recognized. Later, Capes lived in the Lincolnshire village of Stoke Rochford. He has two kids and grandchildren.
Former Cambridgeshire policeman Capes was a well-known budgerigar enthusiast and served as the Budgerigar Society’s president for a year in 2008. After learning of the demise of former British shot putter Geoff Capes, British Athletics released a statement expressing their sorrow.
We offer our condolences to his family and friends during this trying time. Team GB said they were “deeply saddened” at Capes’ passing. “Great person and giant of an athlete,” Capes says.
Capes is a behemoth of an athlete and a fantastic guy, based on 1984 Olympic javelin champion Tessa Sanderson. The sport was “on the map in the UK” because of Capes, according to present British shot put champion Scott Lincoln.
He described himself on Instagram as “an icon, hero, legend, role model, friend, and all-around good guy.” I will miss you dearly, as will many others in the sporting community. “So many of us in British and international athletics are saddened by Geoff’s passing,” stated Lord Coe, head of World Athletics.
He was a prominent personality in British athletics and rekindled interest in our sport. fiercely independent, fiercely competitive, and steadfastly loyal to the teams he led.
From August 23, 1949, until October 23, 2024, Geoffrey Lewis Capes, an English police officer, shot putter, strongman, and Highland Games competitor, lived.
He became well-known in the UK in the 1980s thanks to his physical prowess and TV appearances on programs like Superstars and the World’s Strongest Man, which he won twice.
Capes represented both Great Britain and England in field athletics. In the shot put, he won the Commonwealth title twice, the European indoor title twice, and the Olympic title three times. As of October 2024, he still holds the British record for the shot put, which he set in 1980 with a throw of 21.68 meters (71 feet 2 inches).
As a strongman, he won two World Muscle Power Classic titles and two World’s Strongest Man titles. He also won numerous other titles, such as Britain’s Strongest Man and Europe’s Strongest Man.
