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Stutzman began practicing archery at 28 years old in 2010. [10] In 2015, he broke the world record for the furthest accurate distance shot, which had been previously held by an able-bodied archer. [11] [10] His first Paralympic competition was in the 2012 Summer Paralympics, where he won silver. [10]
Before Matt Stutzman, an athlete with no arms competing in para archery seemed like an impossible feat.. But the American archer has redefined the sport, showing that it’s possible to not only ...
Otto began practicing para-archery in March 2021. [1] Otto made her international debut for the United States at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships where she finished in ninth place. [2] In November 2023 she represented the United States at the 2023 Parapan American Games where she won a gold medal in the individual W1 event.
A game of archery tag in Toronto. The combat archery sport game play is a combination of 3 other main sports including, dodgeball, paintball, and archery. Participants form teams of 5 and shoot at opponents with large foam tip arrows using a bow. [4] To avoid injury, participants wear protective face masks [5] and use bows with less than 30lb ...
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Archery, and the bow, play an important part in the epic poem the Odyssey, when Odysseus returns home in disguise and then bests the suitors in an archery competition after hinting at his identity by stringing and drawing his great bow that only he can draw, a similar motif is present in the Turkic Iranian heroic archeheroic poem Alpamysh.
The World Archery Championships are a series of competitions in Archery organised by the World Archery Federation. The first competition held under that title took place in 1931. Competition archery takes a wide variety of formats, but the title World Championships is commonly reserved for the following three events: [1]
Para-archery has been contested at every Summer Paralympic Games since they were first held in 1960. Separate individual and team events are held for men and women. Archers are classified according to the extent of their disability, with separate individual events for each of three classes.