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Paralympics 2024 – Archery: Matt Stutzman hits the bullseye and wins gold
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With total mastery, the 41-year-old archer chained 10s on target, making 14 perfect shots out of a possible 15 on Sunday.
The image is impressive. Matt Stutzman, American archer, can do everything with his feet, even win a Paralympic gold medal. Already a silver medalist at the London Games in 2012, the one known as “Armless Archer”, the archer without arms, this time won his compound archery final, Sunday, September 1st at Les Invalides, and in style.
Facing Xinliang Ai, seeded number 1, and in a very close duel, Matt Stutzman achieved a near flawless performance (149 points out of 150 possible). Only one arrow did not reach the 10. It was in the last round that the Kansas native broke away and won his gold medal. Born without arms, he showed all his abilities by handling a bow with his feet. In his daily life, the American also has no trouble driving his racing car, as he showed in the documentary Rising Phoenixbroadcast in 2020 on Netflix.“I can drive with my feet and beat 90% of the people around me”he proclaims.