Mark Ormrod has added another world record to his formidable tally by becoming the shortest person to pull a 2.5-tonne truck over 100 metres.
The former Royal Marines Commando had to dig deep to generate the power to move the vehicle, steered by his 11-year-old daughter Evelyn, along an icy athletics track in Tavistock, Devon, in an effort that took
17 minutes in January.
The 41-year-old triple amputee, who is 4ft 3ins tall, was making his second attempt at the record after narrowly failing in a pull in Essex in September.
“It was tough to get momentum, and because the track was icy I was slipping a lot,” said Mark, who has devised and set several world records to highlight positivity after disability.
“It was difficult to train specifically for the event as you cannot replicate it without the truck. We failed in September but then worked on a few things, had a trial go two weeks prior to get over the mental hurdle that it was possible, and then went for the record.”
Mark, who fronts Blesma’s TV advertising campaign for legacy donations, is a Trustee of REORG; a charity that uses functional fitness to support the physical, social and emotional wellbeing of military and emergency services personnel.
