The 1980 World's Strongest Man ended in a 3rd place finish for which British shot-putter?
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1980 World's Strongest Man The 1980 World's Strongest Man was the fourth edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Bill Kazmaier from the United States. It was his first title after finishing third the previous year. Lars Hedlund from Sweden finished second after finishing second the previous year, and Geoff Capes from the United Kingdom finished third. Defending champion Don Reinhoudt withdrew from the competition due to injury; this would be his final World's Strongest Man.
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Geoff Capes Geoffrey Lewis Capes (born 23 August 1949) is a British former shot putter, strongman and professional Highland Games competitor.
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Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump
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Sabrina Fortune Sabrina Fortune (born 25 May 1997) is a British Paralympic track and field athlete from Wales competing in category F20 throwing events. Fortune won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the shot put.
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1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's shot put 1978 European Athletics Championships – Women's shot put
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Lyn Sprules Lyn Sprules (born 11 September 1975) is a retired female hammer thrower from England. Her personal best throw is 63.96 metres, achieved in August 2000 in Bedford. This places her fourth on the British outdoor all-time list, behind Lorraine Shaw, Shirley Webb and Zoe Derham.
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Nick Phipps (bobsleigh) Nick Phipps (sometimes shown as Nicholas Phipps, born 8 April 1952) is a British bobsledder who competed from 1980 to 1992. He finished third in the Bobsleigh World Cup combined men's event in 1985-86.
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Bradley Snyder (athlete) Bradley "Brad" Snyder (born January 8, 1976) is a retired Canadian shot putter, whose personal best throw is 20.87 metres, achieved in June 2004 in Atlanta.
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Li Meiju Li Meiju (, born October 3, 1981 in Hebei) is a Chinese shot putter.
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Ivanka Petrova Ivanka Petrova-Stoycheva (Bulgarian: Иванка Петрова-Стойчева ; February 3, 1951 in Pernik – February 18, 2007) is a retired track and field shot putter from Bulgaria, best known for competing at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. There she ended up in 11th place, with a distance of 18.34 metres.
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Jim Fuchs James Emanuel Fuchs (pronounced ; December 6, 1927 – October 8, 2010) was an American athlete who competed in the discus throw and shot put. He developed a new shot-putting technique to compensate for a leg injury, and then used what he called "the sideways glide" to set world records and dominate the sport over a two-year span in the early 1950s. He won bronze medals in shot put at both the 1948 Summer Olympics in London and the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.
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Carl Myerscough Carl Myerscough (pronounced Myers/co) (born 21 October 1979 in Hambleton, Lancashire) is a retired English athlete. He specialized in the Shot put and Discus throw and holds the British record in the Shot put with a best of 21.92m set in winning the NCAA championships in Sacramento California 2003.
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1980 World Championships in Athletics The 1980 World Championships in Athletics was the second global, international athletics competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Hosted from 14 to 16 August 1980 at the De Baandert in Sittard, Netherlands, it featured two events: the women's 400 metres hurdles and the women's 3000 metres run. West Germany's Birgit Friedmann took the first women's world title in the 3000 m, while her East German counterpart Bärbel Broschat became the first women's 400 m hurdles world champion.
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Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Women's shot put Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Women's shot put
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Li Meisu Li Meisu (; born April 17, 1959 in Hebei) is a retired Chinese shot putter who won the bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
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Bob Churchill John Robert "Bob" Churchill (born 21 February 1939) is a former three positional small bore rifle shooter, who shot for the British National team in the seventies and eighties. He competed in the 50 metre rifle, three positions event at the 1972 Summer Olympics. At the 1978 Seoul ISSF World Shooting Championships, he was gold medalist for both individual and — alongside Barry Dagger and Malcolm Cooper — the men's team events for the 50m free rifle kneeling 40 shots, kneeling position. For many years, he was a member of the Tunbridge Wells Target Shooting club as well as clubs in Somerset. In 1981, he co-wrote "Modern Air Weapon Shooting" with Granville Davies.
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Les Mills Leslie Roy "Les" Mills {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 1 November 1934) is a retired New Zealand track and field athlete and politician. He represented New Zealand at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games over two decades, competing in the shot put and discus throw. At the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games he achieved his best result, a gold medal in the discus.
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Carl Hepple Carl Hepple is a British multi-sport Paralympic athlete. In the 1960 Summer Paralympics he competed in multiple sports including archery, athletics and wheelchair basketball. In the 1980's, Carl also competed in shooting. In 1968, he was part of the British men's wheelchair basketball team which finished third.
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Dan Greaves (athlete) Daniel Greaves (born 4 October 1982) is a British athlete who specialises in the discus throw.
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Parry O'Brien William Patrick "Parry" O'Brien (January 28, 1932 – April 21, 2007) was an American shot put champion. He competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics where he won two gold medals (1952, 1956) and one silver medal (1960). In his last Olympic competition (1964) he placed fourth. For all of these accomplishments, O'Brien was inducted into the IAAF and U.S. Olympic halls of fame.
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Sebastian Coe Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 29 September 1956), often referred to as Seb Coe or Lord Coe, is a British politician and former track and field athlete. As a middle-distance runner, Coe won four Olympic medals, including the 1500 metres gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984. He set eight outdoor and three indoor world records in middle-distance track events – including, in 1979, setting three world records in the space of 41 days – and the world record he set in the 800 metres in 1981 remained unbroken until 1997. Coe's rivalries with fellow Britons Steve Ovett and Steve Cram dominated middle-distance racing for much of the 1980s.
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Peter Little (pentathlete) Peter Little (born 26 December 1933) is a British modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics.