Active in strongman from 2012 to 2016, Ben Kelsey competed at the World’s Strongest Man, finishing 11th in 2014 and reaching the group stages in 2015. He won England’s Strongest Man in 2013 and 2014, and Britain’s Natural Strongest Man in 2012. Kelsey deadlifted 400kg at the 2014 UK’s Strongest Man competition. He was particularly known for his speed and consistency in the loading race and atlas stones events.