Geoffrey Capes, the two-time world’s strongest man and British shot putter, has died at the age of 75.
Capes was a two-time Commonwealth Games champion in the shot put and won two European indoor titles.
He was also crowned the world’s strongest man in 1983 and 1985.
A family statement read: “The family of Geoffrey Capes would like to announce his sad passing today, October 23rd.
“Britain’s greatest shot putter and twice the world’s strongest man”.
Geoffrey Capes, two-time Commonwealth Games shot put champion, has died aged 75
Capes was also crowned the world’s strongest man twice in 1983 and 1985.
He represented Great Britain at three Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games during his career.
During his athletic career, Capes was crowned UK shot put champion three times.
She took gold at the 1984 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, achieving an event record throw of 20.74 metres.
Capes defended the title four years later in Edmonton, Canada.
Other successes were achieved at continental level, winning gold at the European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg and Munich in 1984 and 1986 respectively.
He also won bronze at the 1984 European Championships in Rome.
Capes represented Great Britain at three Olympic Games, finishing sixth at Montreal 1976 and fifth at Moscow 1980.
He achieved his personal best throw of 21.68 m in 1980, which stood as a British record until 2003.
Capes became a professional strongman after the Moscow Olympics and enjoyed success at the Highland Games.
In addition to winning the World’s Strongest Man title twice, Capes finished in the event’s top three four more times.
He continued to be involved in athletics and became a coach for several shot putters at the national level.
Outside of sport, Capes became known as one of Britain’s most established budgerigar breeders.
He became president of the British Parakeet Society in 2008.