This Bodybuilder From Maharashtra Is Now A Guinness World Record Holder, Features In 2022 List

The 2022 edition of the popular Guinness Book of World Records lists 25-year-old Pratik Mohite as the ‘Shortest competitive bodybuilder (male)’

Pratik Mohite broke the record for shortest competitive bodybuilder (male) | Photo: guinnessworldrecords.com

New Delhi: India’s Pratik Vitthal Mohite has gained entry into the Guinness Book of World Records.

The 2022 edition of the popular book, out on Thursday, lists the Maharashtra man as the “Shortest competitive bodybuilder (male)”.

According to the Guinness website, Mohite started bodybuilding in 2012, and fought several odds to make a mark for himself.

Measuring only 102 cm in height (3 feet and 4 inches), he found the beginning difficult as he struggled to grip the equipment during his workouts. Also, people would often consider him weak. 

Mohite, however, managed to prove everyone wrong.  

“Pratik's is not a story of easy success — his is a narrative of commitment, of strength, and it’s even more inspiring,” Guinness said about the 25-year-old on the website, which added that “'Anyone can do anything' is the uplifting message behind his athletic preparation".   

People would call him dwarf when he was in school, but he now enjoys “celebrity status” wherever he goes, Motihe was quoted as saying in a News18 report.

According to the report, he has participated in at least 41 competitions in the last three years, and also took part in some events as a guest. He said the same people who would laugh at him once now invite him to grace their events.

Other Guinness Record Breakers

The other names among the latest record breakers in the 2022 edition of the Guinness book include the world's tallest teenager to the dog with the longest ears.

The most skips over a person's own hair in 30 seconds, the fastest walking on hands and the fastest 100 metre forward rolls — in 42.64 seconds — and the most backwards somersault burpees (five) by a woman in 30 seconds are some of the other 2022 records.

An interesting record was made by two scooter enthusiasts from Canada. They are Lollipop the dog and Sashimi the cat. According to the Guinness website, their favourite pastime is scootering around the house together, and that they came up with the trick all by themselves. 

Lollipop and Sashimi made a record of 4.37 seconds of scootering partnership.