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.

Renowned shot putter and two-time World’s Strongest Man, Geoff Capes, has passed away at 75. The news of his death has sent shockwaves through the athletic world and beyond. Following his passing, ...

Former Olympian and World’s Strongest Man Geoff Capes died Wednesday at the age of 75, his family said. A cause of death was not disclosed. Capes, born in the England in 1949, was famous across his ...

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 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 ...

He pulled dump trucks, flipped cars and tossed five-pound bricks as if they were Kleenex boxes. Tending to parakeets brought out his gentler side. By Michael S. Rosenwald Geoff Capes, a herculean ...

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