---
title: "Paralyzed Man Runs Marathon In Robotic Exoskeleton"
description: "On Saturday, a man named Adam Gorlitsky, who is paralyzed from the waist down, broke a world record for finishing a marathon wearing a robotic exoskeleton."
date: "2020-01-14"
modified: "2020-01-14"
authors:
  - name: "Dan Robitzski"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/danrobitzski.md"
url: "https://futurism.com/neoscope/paralyzed-man-runs-marathon-robotic-exoskeleton"
categories:
  - "Health & Medicine"
tags:
  - "exoskeleton"
  - "health"
---

# Paralyzed Man Runs Marathon In Robotic Exoskeleton

![On Saturday, a man named Adam Gorlitsky, who is paralyzed from the waist down, broke a world record for finishing a marathon wearing a robotic exoskeleton.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/paralyzed-man-runs-marathon-robotic-exoskeleton.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: I Got Legs\</em\>*

On Saturday, a man named Adam Gorlitsky broke the world record time for completing a marathon while wearing an [assistive robotic exoskeleton](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/paralyzed-walk-mind-reading-exoskeleton.md>).

Though he hasn't yet submitted his results to Guinness, *[CNN ](<https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/12/us/paralyzed-man-charleston-marathon-record-trnd/index.html>)*[reports](<https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/12/us/paralyzed-man-charleston-marathon-record-trnd/index.html>) that Gorlitsky — who is paralyzed from the waist down — completed the Charleston Marathon after walking for 33 hours, 50 minutes, and 23 seconds straight. That put him just shy of a three-hour lead over the previous record for an exoskeleton-assisted marathon.

"I've been attempting to break Simon's record for about a year now," Gorlitsky told *CNN*, referring to previous record-holder Simon Kindleysides.

"And now that I have, the second I crossed that finish line, I have a whole new level of respect for him and anyone who walks a marathon wearing an exoskeleton suit," he added. "It wasn't easy at all."

The grueling route — which Gorlitsky started Thursday night and completed Saturday morning, without breaking for sleep — is not only a testament to advances in robotic exoskeleton technology but also to the incredible things people can accomplish given the right support.

"I want to challenge Simon to a one-on-one exoskeleton race one day," Gorlitsky told *CNN*. "I'd love to go head to head with him on his home turf at the London Marathon."

## Author
Dan Robitzki is a senior reporter for Futurism, where he likes to cover AI, tech ethics, and medicine. He spends his extra time fencing and streaming games from Los Angeles, California.

### Author social links  
[Twitter](<https://x.com/danrobitzski>)

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