Mark Stutzman created a history after winning gold in 2022 World Para Archery Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He won the gold medal .
Matthew Stutzman is an American archer. He competed at the 2012 and 2016 Paralympics and won a silver medal in 2012. Born without arms, Stutzman uses his legs and feet for most of his activities, including archery. He holds a world record for the longest accurate shot in the sport.
Archery is a bow and arrow sport that uses a bow and arrow to shoot at a target. The target often consists of ten concentric circles, and points are awarded based on which circle the bow lands in. Archery can be an individual activity/sport. It can also be a team sport.
Para archery is the discipline for athletes classified with a physical or visual impairment. The rules for targets, competition format and matchplay are the same as for the target archery and indoor archery disciplines.
Archery is very compact sports, player needs to have a strong gripping skills , and gripping needed hands, how can a player imagine his journey in this game without hand . here Matt Stutzman shown the world that you don’t need strong hand to grip the bow, you just need a strong will to stand tall against the odd, he kept trying all his way through legs and his feet and he is champion .
His story is remarkable . After his remarkable feat another para archer Sheetal Devi won 2 gold and one silver in asian para games 2022, Her story is also inspirational. She has no arms but her grit and determination has not limited her to achieve her dreams.
Sheetal .
At first she was not aware of the sport , she is a find of her coach Kuldeep Vedwan , she is just 16 . initially his coach has no clue how to coach a player without limb then he came to know about Matt Stutzman, He took that inspiration and with the help of internet and technology he trained her rigorously for 11 month and She is an Asian Games champion . Sheetal Devi and Matt Stutzman are role model to the people around the world .