Geoff Capes, who twice won the World's Strongest Man in the 1980s and competed at three Olympic Games, as well as being a renowned breeder of budgerigars, has died aged 75.
Geoff Capes appeared at three Olympics for Great Britain and still holds the British record for the shot-put. Geoff Capes , two-time World's Strongest Man, shot-put record holder and renowned budgerigar breeder, has died aged 75, his family said on Wednesday.Standing 197cm tall and weighing 170kg at his peak, Capes won the World's Strongest Man titles in 1983 and 1985.
Tessa Sanderson, the Olympic javelin champion in 1984, told the BBC Capes was a "great person and a giant of an athlete". A world-class breeder, in 2008 Capes was appointed president of the Budgerigar Society and his expertise saw him regularly featured in specialist publications.
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