Twice-crowned World’s Strongest Man Geoff Capes has died at 75, his family said Wednesday. Capes, who still held the British shot put record, competed in three Olympic Games from 1972 to 1980. In 1983 and 1985,

Geoff Capes, twice the world’s strongest man and a three-time Olympian, has died aged 75, British Athletics has announced. The Lincolnshire-born athlete won Commonwealth shot put gold in 1974 and 1978 and was crowned World’s Strongest Man in 1983 and 1985.

Geoff Capes, a British shot putter who was a three-time Olympian and won the World’s Strongest Man competition twice in the 1980s, has died at the age of 75.

Geoff Capes became a British sporting icon during the 1970s and 1980s and was twice named the world's strongest man, having represented Team GB across three Olympic Games

Geoff Capes, dubbed 'Britain's finest shot-putter,' has died at the age of 75 according to a family statement.

Capes competed for Great Britain in the shot put at three Olympic Games, won two Commonwealth titles and twice won the World's Strongest Man competition.

British Olympic shot putter and two-time winner of the World’s Strongest Man, Geoff Capes, has died aged 75.

Geoff Capes, British strongman, shot put record holder and renowned budgerigar breeder, has died aged 75, his family said on Wednesday.

Geoff Capes, British shot put record holder and two-time world's strongest man, has died aged 75. Capes set the record for the furthest shot put throw by a British man with a distance of 21.68m in 1980.