Mark Ormrod – No limits

Speakers

  • Mark Ormrod MBE
    Former Royal Marine, Invictus Games athlete and author, Motability Scheme Ambassador and customer
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    Mark Ormrod MBE

    Former Royal Marine, Invictus Games athlete and author, Motability Scheme Ambassador and customer

    Mark is a former Royal Marines Commando who completed tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan. He was injured in Afghanistan on Christmas Eve 2007 and became the UK’s first triple amputee from the conflict. Since then he has become a successful author, motivational speaker and Britain’s most successful ever Invictus Games athlete winning 11 medals, four gold, and Spirit of the Games following which he won BBC South-West’s Sports Personality of the Year. Prince Harry dubbed him “Britain’s answer to Superman.”

    In 2020, he was awarded an MBE for services to the Armed Forces and Veteran Community before winning Pride of Britain’s Fundraiser of the Year in 2021 after completing an ultratriathlon that raised over £600k. The father of three is married to Becky and does adaptive CrossFit and Brazilian jiu-jitsu in his spare time as well open water swimming.

Time

Saturday 20 May 2023

1:00pm to 1:50pm

Session Details

Helen Dolphin will be interviewing Mark to learn more about his inspirational journey from being the UK’s first triple amputee from the Afghanistan conflict to becoming Britain’s most successful ever Invictus Games athlete. She’ll ask about how it felt to win BBC South-West’s Sports Personality of the Year, being awarded an MBE and winning Pride of Britain’s Fundraiser of the Year in 2021. In this session we’ll discover more about Mark’s achievements and what inspires him, as well as what he does when he does decide to relax.

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