10 September 2012 05:00 | By Francis Whittaker & Tom Phillips
2012 Paralympics: the greatest moments in pictures

Matt Stutzman gets archery silver despite having no arms



Matt Stutzman gets archery silver despite having no arms (© TOBY MELVILLE/Reuters)
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He may not have won gold, but the USA's Matt Stutzman'€™s archery silver medal was one of the most remarkable achievements of the Games. Given the worst possible start in life for an aspiring archer, Stutzman was born with no arms, and competes by holding his bow in his mouth and feet.

What'€™s even more impressive is that he'€™s likely to be disappointed he didn'€™t do better he only lost the gold medal to Finland'€™s Jere Forsberg in a tiebreak, and holds the world record for the longest accurate shot in archery.

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