Scott Cappos

Scott Cappos
Personal information
Born (1969-04-13) 13 April 1969
Toronto, Canada
Sport
SportTrack and field
ClubIndiana 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
  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". Retrieved December 14, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. ↑ Results
  7. ↑ "Canadian Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
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