What does Geoff Capes do now?

Geoff currently lives at Stoke Rochford, near Grantham, and has a daughter Emma who was English Schools’ shot put champion and Youth Olympics bronze medallist.

Did Geoff Capes carry the Olympic flag?

Capes went into the 1976 Montreal Olympics as one of the favourites for the gold medal.

Is Geoff Capes still married?

Former athlete and ex-policeman Geoff Capes was crowned Commonwealth and European champion shot-puter twice before retiring from the sport in 1980. Now 63, Geof, who’s divorced, lives with his partner, Kash, in Lincolnshire. He has two grown-up children, Emma and Lewis, from his marriage.

How old is Geoff Capes now?

72 years (August 23, 1949)
Geoff Capes/Age

Where is World’s Strongest Man 2020 held?

Bradenton
2020 World’s Strongest Man/Location
The 2020 World’s Strongest Man was the 43rd edition of the World’s Strongest Man competition. It took place in Bradenton, Florida between November 11 and 15.

Does Geoff Capes still breed budgies?

Capes has proved incredibly successful at breeding budgerigars. So much so that he is now almost more famous for his birds than his exploits on the athletics field.

Where did Geoff Capes come from?

Holbeach, United Kingdom
Geoff Capes/Place of birth

Who won strongman 2020?

Hafthor Bjornsson
Hafthor Bjornsson of Iceland won the Arnold Strongman Classic title for the third straight year with another dominating performance at the 2020 Arnold Sports Festival. The event also serves as the Arnold Pro Strongman World Championship.

Who won Worlds Strongest Man 2020?

Oleksii Novikov
It took place in Bradenton, Florida between November 11 and 15. Oleksii Novikov of Ukraine won the competition for the first time in his career, with Tom Stoltman of Great Britain taking second and Jean-Francois Caron of Canada taking third. At 24 years old, Novikov is the youngest person to win the event since 1984.

How did Jon Pall Sigmarsson?

Former World’s Strongest Man Jon Pall Sigmarsson died, again from a heart attack, in January 1993 at the age of 32, with anabolic steroids confirmed as a factor in his death, whilst four years earlier, a 21-year-old strongman died during rehearsals for another TV programme Pure Strength at Stirling Castle.

When did Geoff Capes become the Strongest Man in Europe?

Aside from the World’s Strongest Man, Capes also won Europe’s Strongest Man on three occasions, in London (1980), Amsterdam (1982) and Marken (1984). He regained his Britain’s Strongest Man title in 1981 and again in 1983.

What did Jon Paul do to Geoff Capes?

Geoff Capes: Jon Paul was a great athlete all round but not a great thrower. I would beat him in a mixed event ie Highland games events and strong man events and there were many a story best kept untold, but we had many words whilst competing against each other.

Why was Geoff Capes axed from the UKAD?

Capes, famous for being the World’s Strongest Man and an iconic athletics figure from the Seventies, was relieved of his position after two athletes attending a coaching day for shot putters refused to take a test when approached by officials of Britain’s new anti-doping agency, UKAD.

Why was Geoff Capes removed as coaching mentor?

But Capes, a double Commonwealth gold medallist, who was coaching at the training day, has since been removed as a coaching mentor by the governing body of England Athletics in the wake of the incident. It is as yet unclear what role, if any, Capes played in the potential doping offence.