Armless Archer Takes Silver at Paralympics
Letemdangle
Published
09/06/2012
An armless American archer takes the silver medal at the Paralympics. Thanks to Jack Moore at Buzzfeed.
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This is Matt Stutzman. He's a 29-year-old American paralympic archer from Kansas who was born without arms. -
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He obviously has to take his shoes off to compete. -
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He's spent the last two years shooting as much as possible. -
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Matt originally started using a bow only two years ago, so he could hunt, because his family needed food. -
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Talk about inspiring. -
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One winter, he and his friend were bored and decided to go to an Archery tournament. He was instantly hooked. -
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He pulls the cord back with his teeth and fires. -
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This week it paid off, as Stutzman took silver at the Paralympics. Most of his competitors had a slight advantage over Matt. -
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To compete he sits and supports the bow with one foot, while loading the arrow with the other. -
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His competitors had two advantages.
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