Scott Cappos

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Scott Cappos
Personal information
Born (1969-04-13) 13 April 1969 (age 56)
Toronto, Canada
Sport
Sport Track and field
Club Indiana Hoosiers

Scott Cappos (born 13 April 1969) is a retired Canadian shot putter. [1]

Born in Canada, his family migrated to the US and he became a naturalized US citizen. After graduating from Oak Lawn Community High School [2] he competed collegiately for Indiana University Bloomington (Hoosiers), won the Big Ten Conference in 1990 and 1991 and was a three-time All-American. [3]

He won the silver medal at the 1994 Jeux de la Francophonie, [4] finished fifth at the 1994 Commonwealth Games [5] and fifth at the 1995 Pan American Games. [6] He became Canadian champion in 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995, in between Peter Dajia and Brad Snyder. [7]

Cappos coached the Iowa Hawkeyes for eighteen years before joining the Nebraska Cornhuskers as assistant throwing coach. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Scott Cappos at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ "Shot Put Takes Oak Lawn's Cappos to International, Coaching Success". November 15, 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Scott Cappos". Nebraska Cornhuskers. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Francophone Games". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Results". Archived from the original on September 14, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  6. ↑ Results
  7. ↑ "Canadian Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
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