Editing Geoff Capes (section)

{{Short description|English shot putter and strongman (1949–2024)}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| image = Geoff Capes 1980s.JPG
| honorific_suffix = [[Justice of the peace|JP]]
| image_size = 232
| caption = Geoff Capes, 1980s
| country = Great Britain and England
| alias = 
| club = [[Birchfield Harriers]]
| birth_name = Geoffrey Lewis Capes
| birth_date = {{birth date|1949|8|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Holbeach]], Lincolnshire, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|10|23|1949|8|23|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]], England
| height = {{height|cm=197}}
| weight = 170&nbsp;kg
| years active = 1970–1989
| pb = 
| olympics = 
| worlds = 
| highestranking = 
| coaching = 
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| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport | Men's [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]}}
{{Medal|Country | {{GBR2}} }}
{{Medal|Competition|[[European Athletics Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze| [[1974 European Athletics Championships|1974 Rome]]|[[1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put|Shot put]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[European Indoor Athletics Championships|European Indoor Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships|1974 Gothenburg]] | [[1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships#Field|Shot put]]}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[1976 European Athletics Indoor Championships|1976 Munich]] | [[1976 European Athletics Indoor Championships#Field|Shot put]]}}
{{Medal|Silver| [[1975 European Athletics Indoor Championships|1975 Katowice]] | [[1975 European Athletics Indoor Championships#Field|Shot put]]}}
{{Medal|Silver| [[1977 European Athletics Indoor Championships|1977 San Sebastián]] | [[1977 European Athletics Indoor Championships#Field|Shot put]]}}
{{Medal|Silver| [[1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships|1979 Vienna]] | [[1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships#Field|Shot put]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze| [[1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships|1978 Milan]] | [[1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships#Field|Shot put]]}}
{{Medal|Country | {{ENG}} }}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Athletics at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[1974 British Commonwealth Games|1974 Christchurch]] | [[Athletics at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games|Shot put]]}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[1978 Commonwealth Games|1978 Edmonton]] | [[Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games|Shot put]]}}
{{CompetitionRecordSport | [[Strongman (strength athlete)|Strongman]]}}
{{CompetitionRecordCountry | {{GBR}} }}
{{CompetitionRecordCompetition|[[World's Strongest Man]] }}
{{CompetitionRecordThird |  [[1980 World's Strongest Man|1980 Vernon]] | }}
{{CompetitionRecordSecond |  [[1981 World's Strongest Man|1981 Magic Mountain]] | }}
{{CompetitionRecordFirst |  [[1983 World's Strongest Man|1983 Christchurch]] | }}
{{CompetitionRecordThird |  [[1984 World's Strongest Man|1984 Mora]] | }}
{{CompetitionRecordFirst |  [[1985 World's Strongest Man|1985 Cascais]] | }}
{{CompetitionRecordSecond |  [[1986 World's Strongest Man|1986 Nice]] | }}
{{CompetitionRecordCompetition|[[World Muscle Power Classic]] }}
{{CompetitionRecordSecond |  1985 East Kilbride | }}
{{CompetitionRecordFirst |  1987 East Kilbride | }}
{{CompetitionRecordSecond |  1988 East Kilbride | }}
{{CompetitionRecordCompetition|[[Europe's Strongest Man]] }}
{{CompetitionRecordFirst |  1980 London | }}
{{CompetitionRecordSecond |  1981 Stockholm | }}
{{CompetitionRecordFirst |  1982 Amsterdam | }}
{{CompetitionRecordSecond |  1983 Arnhem | }}
{{CompetitionRecordFirst |  1984 Marken | }}
{{CompetitionRecordSecond |  1987 Amsterdam }}
{{CompetitionRecordCompetition|[[World Strongman Challenge]] }}
{{CompetitionRecordFirst |  1987 Tokyo | }}
}}

'''Geoffrey Lewis Capes''' [[Justice of the peace|JP]] (23 August 1949 – 23 October 2024) was a British [[shot put]]ter, [[strongman]], and [[Highland Games]] competitor. He was famous in the UK in the 1980s for his sporting prowess and appearances on television in shows such as ''[[Superstars (British TV programme)|Superstars]]'' and the [[World's Strongest Man]].

Capes represented England and Great Britain in [[field athletics]], specialising in the [[shot put]], an event in which he was twice [[Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth champion]], twice [[European Indoor Athletics Championships|European indoor champion]], and competed at three Olympic Games. As of October 2024, he still holds the [[List of British records in athletics|British record]] for the shot put from 1980 when he putted it {{convert|21.68|m|ftin}}.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wilson |first=Jeremy |date=23 October 2024 |title=Geoff Capes, legendary British strongman and shot putter, dies aged 75 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/athletics/2024/10/23/geoff-capes-dies-aged-75-world-strongman-shot-put/ |access-date=23 October 2024 |work=The Daily Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> As a strongman, he won World's Strongest Man twice,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Paley |first=Tony |date=23 October 2024 |title=Geoff Capes, Britain's greatest shot putter and two-time World's Strongest Man, dies aged 75 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/oct/23/geoff-capes-britain-most-famous-shot-putter-dies-aged-75 |access-date=23 October 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref name="Sons"/> and [[World Muscle Power Classic]] twice,<ref name="Sons"/> along with numerous other titles including [[Europe's Strongest Man]] and [[Britain's Strongest Man]].<ref name="Sons"/> As a Highland Games competitor, he was six times [[World Highland Games Championships|world champion]],<ref name="Lagos"/> first winning the title in [[Lagos]] in 1981<ref name="emily"/> and the final title in 1987. He also set over 15 strength related world records.<ref name="Sons"/>

Following retirement from competitive sport, he continued to be involved in [[strength athletics]] as a referee, event promoter, and coach. He also ran a sportswear retail shop,<ref name="Sons"/> and became renowned as a world-class breeder of birds. Capes stood {{height|cm=197}} and weighed {{convert|170|kg|lb|abbr=on|0|}} in his prime.