Bertil Fox

Bertil Fox was born on November 9, 1951 on the island of St. Kitts, East India. When the boy was just a year old, his parents decided to move to the capital of England London. A little later they again moved to Northampton. Despite the fact that Bertil was born in India, he considered himself a native Englishman, as he lived his whole life there. At the age of 16, inspired by his cousin, Bertil took up bodybuilding. At the age of 18, in 1969, he won the Mister Britain tournament among the juniors of the NABBA Federation. This only added strength and motivation to the athlete and the next years he is training with great zeal. In 1970, Fox once again went to the podium of the same tournament and again became a champion among juniors. In 1971, he is the third time to become a British Mister among juniors, and also wins the tournament "Mister Europe" among juniors. Then the champion takes a break from appearances for as long as five years. In 1976, he debuted in adult competitions. This year can be called triumphant. He won the "Mr. Britannia", "Mr. Europe", won "Mr. World", where he received the title of the most muscular and took the second place at "Mr. Universe". The defeat at Mr. Universes only provoked a bodybuilder. He returned in 1977 and became the absolute champion of "Mr. Universe". In 1978 and 79 Bertil Fox was among professionals at the "Universe Pro" tournament of the NABBA federation and twice became the absolute champion. Since 1981, Bertil moved to the professional division of the IFBB federation and performed there until 1994. Twice he finished second - in 1982 at the "Night of Champions" and in 1983 at the "Grand Prix of Switzerland", where he bypassed Lee Haney himself. Five times the champion took part in "Mr. Olympia" and his best result - the 5th place in 1983. Despite the fact that Bertil did not win any professional tournament, he managed to win fame and popularity. Fox was very flashy character, which would later lead him to tragedy, although at the competitions it helped him. Experts said that if Fox became a professional IFBB five years earlier, he could easily become a Mr. Olympia. And so he spent his best years on amateur bodybuilding. After the end of his career, he returned to St. Kitts, East India and opened his sports hall. September 30, 1997, the fate of the champion is very abruptly changed. He was convicted of double murder. The victims were his twenty-year-old wife Leisa Braun, who was the beauty queen and her 36-year-old mother Violet Brown. The crime scene was the hometown of St. Kitts, the weapon of the crime was a revolver registered on Bertil Fox. On May 22, 1998, the sportsman was sentenced to death by hanging. On September 27, 2002, the sentence was changed to life imprisonment. Bertil repeatedly applied for a review of the case, but so far the results have not brought.