Geoff Capes

Geoff Capes (23 August 1949 – 23 October 2024) was an English shotput champion, two times world's strongest man and a champion budgerigar breeder (now president of the British Budgerigar Breeding Association.

Geoff Capes

Personal information
Birth name	Geoffrey Lewis Capes
Born	(1949-08-23)23 August 1949 Holbeach, Lincolnshire, England
Died	23 October 2024(2024-10-23) (aged 75) Stoke Rochford, Lincolnshire, England
Years active	1970–1989
Weight	170 kg
Sport
Country	Great Britain and England
Medal record Men's athletics Representing Great Britain European Athletics Championships Bronze 1974 Rome Shot put European Indoor Championships Gold 1974 Gothenburg Shot put Gold 1976 Munich Shot put Silver 1975 Katowice Shot put Silver 1977 San Sebastián Shot put Silver 1979 Vienna Shot put Bronze 1978 Milan Shot put Representing England Commonwealth Games Gold 1974 Christchurch Shot put Gold 1978 Edmonton Shot put

He was born in 1949 in Holbeach, Lincolnshire. He is 6 foot 6 inches tall, which is unusually tall. He weighed 139 kg or 306 stone.

He used to be a policeman but retired when he became a shotputter in the 1970s. His best throw was in 1980 and was 20.5 metres. This record stood until 2003, over twenty years.

Capes once advertised caravans in South Yorkshire.

Capes died on 23 October 2024 in Stoke Rochford, Lincolnshire at the age of 75.