The 15-year-old grandson of legendary strongman Geoff Capes has won his first international shot put call-up – for an under-18s event in Sweden next month. Lawson Capes, who throws for the ...

Geoff Capes, who has died at the age of 75, became one of the most recognisable faces in Great Britain after following up a glittering athletics career by twice becoming the World’s Strongest Man.

Geoff Capes, a herculean wonder from the English countryside who, in addition to winning the World's Strongest Man competition twice, was a champion breeder of parakeets, an activity that provided an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Capes pictured training with straw bales in 1978 (Getty Images) Geoff Capes, a three-time Olympics competitor for Great Britain in ...

Geoff Capes, a three-time Olympics competitor for Great Britain in the shot put, has died at the age of 75. The Lincolnshire-born athlete featured at Munich in 1972, the ‘76 Montreal Games and four ...