World beating strongman Geoff Capes left nearly £240,000 in his will and a last request to have the words ‘Local Boy Done Good’ inscribed on his gravestone.
Former Olympic athlete Capes who died in hospital aged 75 last October had an illustrious career as a sportsman and TV personality.
The strongman who was 6ft 5.5ins tall and weighed 26 stone in his prime still holds the official record for the longest shot put by a British man with a distance of 21.68m achieved in 1980.
Former policeman Capes twice won gold in the shot put at the Commonwealth Games and the European Indoor Championships.
He competed in three Olympic Games, and came closest to winning a medal with a fifth-place finish at the 1980 Games in Moscow.
Capes, who was born in Lincolnshire, was also a six-time champion at the World Highland Games, making him the most successful competitor in the history of the event
His victories in the prestigious World’s Strongest Man event, which made him a household name, came in 1983 in Christchurch, New Zealand, and 1985 in Cascais, Portugal.
But he was also renowned for his gentler side with his love of budgerigars and became known as one of the world’s finest breeders of the cage birds.

World beating strongman Geoff Capes (pictured in 1984) left nearly £240,000 in his will and a last request to have the words ‘Local Boy Done Good’ inscribed on his gravestone

Former Olympic athlete Capes who died in hospital aged 75 last October had an illustrious career as a sportsman and TV personality. Here he is seen at the A.A.A. National Championships on 5th September 1980

The strongman who was 6ft 5.5ins tall and weighed 26 stone in his prime still holds the official record for the longest shot put by a British man with a distance of 21.68m achieved in 1980. Pictured: Capes training with straw bales on 1st September 1978 in Spalding
Probate records reveal that Capes of Stoke Rochford, Lincolnshire, left £244,462, reduced to a net estate of £239,240.
His will left the bulk of his estate to his second wife Kashmiro Davi Capes-Bhatti who lived with him, and survives him.
But his will also stated that he be cremated following a service at a crematorium, saying: ‘I desire that the inscription ‘Local Boy Done Good’ shall be placed on my headstone’.
Capes stated in his will that his grandaughter should choose one item from his collection of medals and trophies, with the rest of them split between two grandsons.
He also left a Lalique vase to his daughter Emma Boelemar and his grandfather clock to his son Lewis Capes, both from his marriage to his first wife
Capes served as a policeman for ten years in Cambridgeshire, earning £9.50 a week when he started.
But he was forced to resign before the 1980 Olympics in Moscow after ‘political pressure’ to boycott the Games following Russia’s invasion of Afghanistan.
Capes had to quit the force after Margaret Thatcher banned all members of the services including the Army and the police, from competing in protest at the Russian invasion.
In an interview before his death, he said: ‘I lost my career, lost my pension, lost my income. They had total control over you.’

Former policeman Capes twice won gold in the shot put at the Commonwealth Games and the European Indoor Championships. Pictured: Geoff Capes throws during the Shot Putt competition at the British International Games on 10th August 1974

Capes was forced to resign before the 1980 Olympics in Moscow after ‘political pressure’ to boycott the Games following Russia’s invasion of Afghanistan
At his peak of training, he ate a daily diet of six pounds of red meat, a dozen eggs, two loaves of bread, two tins of pilchards, a pound of butter and six pints of milk. But he could still incredibly run 100m in 11.2 seconds
He boasted that there was ‘no fat on me’ despite his extraordinary intake, as he burnt up to 13,000 calories a day lifting a total of 120 tons a week in a brutal training regime.
Capes took up coaching following his retirement and helped many aspiring athletes, as well as appearing on two reality television shows.
He also served a year as president of the Budgerigar Society in 2008.
British Athletics said it was ‘saddened’ by the news of his death and offered condolences to his family and friends.

Probate records reveal that Capes of Stoke Rochford, Lincolnshire, left £244,462, reduced to a net estate of £239,240. Pictured: Capes in 1974
Tessa Sanderson, the Olympic javelin champion in 1984, said Capes was a ‘great person and a giant of an athlete’.
Reigning British shot put champion Scott Lincoln described him as the man who put the sport ‘on the map in the UK’.
He added on Instagram: ‘An icon, hero, legend, role model, friend and all round good guy. Will be sorely missed by not only me but so many around the athletics community.’
World Athletics president Lord Coe said: ‘Geoff’s passing is a sad moment for so many of us in both British and global athletics.
‘He was a huge figure in British athletics and brought the crowds back to our sport. Fiercely independent, competitive, but always protective of the teams that he captained with distinction.’