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Len Sell is a Men's Physique competitor from the United Kingdom.

5 career wins

Len Sell

GenderMale
Born1935
StatusRetired
High confidence 11 recorded results, Well-verified source Updated August 9, 2026 Accurate?

Len Sell is a Men's Physique competitor from the United Kingdom with a competitive record spanning 1956–1962.

Across 11 recorded contest results, Len Sell has 5 first-place finishes (a 45.5% win rate).

Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 11 recorded contest results. It is published only where a career holds at least five, because below that a single placing moves the figure by twenty points or more.

Missing from this profile

No height or weight on record.

Len Sell, a bodybuilder from the United Kingdom, was born on February 3, 1935.

Career Record

Total Results
11
Wins
5
Win Rate
45.5%
Career
1956–1962
Division
Men's Physique
Verified
Sources
3

Every season on record

1956 to 1962 shown · 11 results on record

Peak Year 1958 (2 wins)

Measured against Len Sell’s own seasons, not against the field.

1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
Olympia 1st place 2nd place 3rd place Other
Pro Debut
1956
First Win
1958
Last Contest
1962

About

Leonard F. Sell is an English professional bodybuilder who was prominent in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He won two Mr. Universe titles – amateur in 1959, and professional in 1962. Sell was born in Kent on 3 February 1935. He later opened his own gym in Harlow, Essex.

All results

Every contest result on record for Len Sell, 11 in all. Won by names the winner of the division Len Sell competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.

YearContestDivisionPlaceWon by
1962 Universe - Pro Other Divisions #1 Winner
1961 Universe - Pro Other Divisions #1 Winner
1960 Universe - Pro Other Divisions #2 Paul Wynter
1959 Mr Universe Other Divisions #1 Winner
1958 Mr Britain Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1958 Mr Universe Other Divisions #1 Winner
1957 Mr Britain Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 Henry Downs
1957 Mr Europe Men's Physique #8 Pierre Vandervondelen
1957 Mr Universe Other Divisions #2 Paul An
1956 Mr Europe Men's Physique #6 James Mathe
1956 Mr Universe Other Divisions #4 Gerald Roach

Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Len Sell that source is MuscleMemory. Open any contest above and that page names its own source and links to it where the source is still reachable. That archive no longer answers at the addresses we hold, so it is credited by name here and not offered as a link.

In 3 meetings, Len Sell finished ahead of Ron Thomas 2 times to 1.

Opponents are ranked by how often they shared a stage and how big the stage was, not by reputation. A meeting is one contest where both competed in the same division and both were placed.