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Geoff Capes

British shot putter and strongman (1949–2024)
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Geoff Capes
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Facts

27 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
August 23, 1949
Date of death
October 23, 2024
Place of birth
Holbeach
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[10]
Occupation
athletics competitor, shot putter, discus thrower, strongman, police officer
Employer
Cambridgeshire Constabulary[11]
Educated at
University Academy Holbeach[12]
Child
Lewis Capes[9]
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Languages spoken, written or signed
English
Birth name
Geoffrey Lewis Capes
Country for sport
United Kingdom
End of work period
1988
Family name
Capes[15]
Given name
Geoffrey[16]
Height
197.0
Mass
139.0
Name in native language
Geoffrey Lewis Capes
Participant in
1980 Summer Olympics, 1976 Summer Olympics, 1972 Summer Olympics
Pseudonym
Geoff Capes[17]
Sport
athletics[14]
Sports discipline competed in
shot put
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Start of work period
1970
Work period end
1988
Work period start
1970
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 27
ISNI
0000000025472187
VIAF cluster ID
65419371
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n84198083
All-Athletics.com ID (archived)
283301
BBC Things ID
2ec2940a-5983-4736-af7c-dcb9983cecaa
British Comedy Guide person ID
geoff_capes
CineMagia person ID
1392529
FAST ID
143752
Film.ru person ID
geoff-capes
Freebase ID
/m/048sq6
IMDb ID
nm1859529
InterSportStats athlete ID
3000009652
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National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp152752
Olympedia people ID
68942
Olympic.org athlete ID (archived)
geoffrey-capes
Olympics.com athlete ID
geoffrey-capes
Plex person key
5d7768708718ba001e31c1ee, 5e1635421493cd003f0dbc51
Sports-Reference.com Olympic athlete ID (archived)
ca/geoff-capes-1
Strongman Archives athlete ID
13
Team GB athlete ID
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Theatricalia person ID
2vwp
Tilastopaja male athlete ID
14664
Track and Field Statistics male athlete ID
992
Trading Card Database name ID
141661
WikiTree person ID
Capes-371
World Athletics athlete ID
14345566
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJpJfwTdk8FXDgbKvBDpfq

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 4
police officer, athletics competitor, strongman, shot putter
Participant in 3
1980 Summer Olympics, 1972 Summer Olympics, 1976 Summer Olympics
Country for sport 1
United Kingdom
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Educated at 1
University Academy Holbeach
Employer 1
Cambridgeshire Constabulary
Given name 1
Geoffrey
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Holbeach
Sex or gender 1
male
Sport 1
athletics
Sports discipline competed in 1
shot put
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Summary

Geoff Capes's place of birth was Holbeach[1]. He was born on August 23, 1949[2]. He died on October 23, 2024[3]. He worked as an athletics competitor[4], shot putter[5], discus thrower[6], strongman[7], and police officer[8].

FAQs

Where was Geoff Capes born?

Born in Holbeach[1].

What did Geoff Capes do for work?

Geoff Capes worked as athletics competitor[4], shot putter[5], discus thrower[6], strongman[7], and police officer[8].

Where did Geoff Capes go to school?

Geoff Capes was educated at University Academy Holbeach[12].

Related Entities

United Kingdom University Academy Holbeach

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . The Daily Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . The Daily Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . The Daily Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . The Daily Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . All-Athletics.com. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . The Daily Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . The Daily Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [2] ↑ . The Daily Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . BBC Online. Retrieved . bbc.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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