{"id":3006,"date":"2012-09-04T22:46:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T22:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2012\/09\/04\/a-couple-of-weeks-ago-i-ran-story-abou\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:19:25","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:19:25","slug":"a-couple-of-weeks-ago-i-ran-story-abou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=3006","title":{"rendered":"Armless Archer Wins Silver In Paralympic Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:15232,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/wow-just-wow.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:15233,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/content.usatoday.com\\\/communities\\\/gameon\\\/post\\\/2012\\\/09\\\/armless-american-archer-wins-silver-at-paralympics-photos\\\/1#.UEaDFSJcgis&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:15234,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.heraldsun.com.au\\\/news\\\/paralympic-archer-matt-stutzman-shows-how-to-fire-an-arrow-without-arms\\\/story-fnbk754t-1226464779693&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\/2012\/08\/wow-just-wow.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A couple of weeks ago I ran a story<\/a> about Paralympic archer Matt Stutzman. He was born without arms and holds his bow with his foot.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, he won the silver medal in individual compound bow at the London Paralympic Games. <a href=\"http:\/\/content.usatoday.com\/communities\/gameon\/post\/2012\/09\/armless-american-archer-wins-silver-at-paralympics-photos\/1#.UEaDFSJcgis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to this story in USA Today<\/a>, the other competing archers were wheelchair bound but had the use of their arms.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heraldsun.com.au\/news\/paralympic-archer-matt-stutzman-shows-how-to-fire-an-arrow-without-arms\/story-fnbk754t-1226464779693\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">From the Herald Sun of Melbourne, Australia<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>Maximum scores of 30 are not uncommon for Stutzman and he progressed, as expected, to Monday&#8217;s final of the individual compound before running into an equally accurate Finn named Jere Forsberg, who won 6-4.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My goal was to inspire somebody, even if it was just one person, with my positive attitude,&#8221; Stutzman said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Never say never. If I can do this, with no arms, anything is possible. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have enjoyed every minute of it. It makes me want to try harder in 2016.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stutzman came agonisingly close to the gold medal, with Forsberg needing a 10 on his final shot to avoid a one-arrow shoot-off and he released truly.<\/p>\n<p>But the Kanzas City archer said Forsberg was simply better on the day and he held no regrets over the silver medal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was at peace. I shot my shots and it felt good,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whatever happened, I was OK with. He&#8217;s a great shooter and I&#8217;m satisfied with the silver.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hope that America are proud of me.&#8221; <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think Matt has anything to fear about America being proud of him.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of weeks ago I ran a story about Paralympic archer Matt Stutzman. 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