Background
Ben Kelsey was born in Oxford.
Ben Kelsey was born in Oxford.
As a junior he joined Oxford City Athletic Club and had some success, resulting in an opportunity to represent England as an under 23. He later shifted his focus to strength athletics, first competing in 2010. He continued to compete in the under 105 kg category and in 2013 retained both the England’s Strongest Manitoba U105kg and Britain’s Strongman U105kg titles.
He then went on to be named the World"s Strongest Manitoba under 105 kg.
This was his last competition in the under 105 kg category before fully transferring to the main circuit. In 2013 he came second in both the United Kingdom"s Strongest Manitoba and England"s Strongest Manitoba competitions.
In 2014 he went one better in England"s Strongest Manitoba coming first, and his fifth place in the Giants Live sponsored Britain"s Strongest Manitoba secured him an invite to the 2014 World"s Strongest Manitoba Kelsey was born in Oxford and remains there working as a full-time firefighter and personal trainer.