Guy Birkin on Nostr: RIP Geoff Capes, shot-putter, twice world’s strongest man, budgerigar breeder. ...
RIP Geoff Capes, shot-putter, twice world’s strongest man, budgerigar breeder.
According to Guinness World Records: "In 1978, Geoff threw a standard 2.27 kg (5 lb) building brick 44.54 m (146 ft 1 in) at Braybrook School in Cambridgeshire, UK. His record has never been broken."
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