Photos of Matt Stutzman, the ‘Armless Archer’ from Fairfield, Iowa
Archer Matt Stutzman of United States shows his silver medal from the Paralympic Games in 2012 to pupils, in a Paris school, in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Visiting France's capital before Paralympic tickets go on sale next week, Stutzman dropped by a Paris school on Wednesday and wowed its young pupils with his shooting skills. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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Archer Matt Stutzman of United States holds the bow with his foot during a performance in a Paris school, in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Visiting France's capital before Paralympic tickets go on sale next week, Stutzman dropped by a Paris school on Wednesday and wowed its young pupils with his shooting skills. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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Archer Matt Stutzman of United States greets a pupil, in a Paris school, in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Visiting France's capital before Paralympic tickets go on sale next week, Stutzman dropped by a Paris school on Wednesday and wowed its young pupils with his shooting skills. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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Archer Matt Stutzman of United States talks to a pupil during a visit in a Paris school, in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Visiting France's capital before Paralympic tickets go on sale next week, Stutzman dropped by a Paris school on Wednesday and wowed its young pupils with his shooting skills. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
PHOTO: AP Photo/Thibault Camus
Archer Matt Stutzman of United States reacts during a performance in a Paris school, in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Visiting France's capital before Paralympic tickets go on sale next week, Stutzman dropped by a Paris school on Wednesday and wowed its young pupils with his shooting skills. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
PHOTO: AP Photo/Thibault Camus
Archer Matt Stutzman of United States ties the shoes of a pupil with his foot, in a Paris school, in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Visiting France's capital before Paralympic tickets go on sale next week, Stutzman dropped by a Paris school on Wednesday and wowed its young pupils with his shooting skills. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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Archer Matt Stutzman of United States poses for a picture during a visit in a Paris school, in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Visiting France's capital before Paralympic tickets go on sale next week, Stutzman dropped by a Paris school on Wednesday and wowed its young pupils with his shooting skills. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
PHOTO: AP Photo/Thibault Camus
Archer Matt Stutzman of United States holds the bow with his foot during a performance in a Paris school, in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Visiting France's capital before Paralympic tickets go on sale next week, Stutzman dropped by a Paris school on Wednesday and wowed its young pupils with his shooting skills. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
PHOTO: AP Photo/Thibault Camus
Archer Matt Stutzman of United States shows his silver medal from the Paralympic Games in 2012 to pupils, in a Paris school, in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Visiting France's capital before Paralympic tickets go on sale next week, Stutzman dropped by a Paris school on Wednesday and wowed its young pupils with his shooting skills. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
PHOTO: AP Photo/Thibault Camus
Archer Matt Stutzman of United States holds the bow with his foot during a performance in a Paris school, in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Visiting France's capital before Paralympic tickets go on sale next week, Stutzman dropped by a Paris school on Wednesday and wowed its young pupils with his shooting skills. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
PHOTO: AP Photo/Thibault Camus
Archer Matt Stutzman of United States greets a pupil, in a Paris school, in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Visiting France's capital before Paralympic tickets go on sale next week, Stutzman dropped by a Paris school on Wednesday and wowed its young pupils with his shooting skills. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
PHOTO: AP Photo/Thibault Camus
Archer Matt Stutzman of United States talks to a pupil during a visit in a Paris school, in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Visiting France's capital before Paralympic tickets go on sale next week, Stutzman dropped by a Paris school on Wednesday and wowed its young pupils with his shooting skills. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
PHOTO: AP Photo/Thibault Camus
Archer Matt Stutzman of United States reacts during a performance in a Paris school, in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Visiting France's capital before Paralympic tickets go on sale next week, Stutzman dropped by a Paris school on Wednesday and wowed its young pupils with his shooting skills. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
PHOTO: AP Photo/Thibault Camus
Archer Matt Stutzman of United States ties the shoes of a pupil with his foot, in a Paris school, in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Visiting France's capital before Paralympic tickets go on sale next week, Stutzman dropped by a Paris school on Wednesday and wowed its young pupils with his shooting skills. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
PHOTO: AP Photo/Thibault Camus
Archer Matt Stutzman of United States poses for a picture during a visit in a Paris school, in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Visiting France's capital before Paralympic tickets go on sale next week, Stutzman dropped by a Paris school on Wednesday and wowed its young pupils with his shooting skills. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
PHOTO: AP Photo/Thibault Camus
Archer Matt Stutzman of United States holds the bow with his foot during a performance in a Paris school, in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Visiting France's capital before Paralympic tickets go on sale next week, Stutzman dropped by a Paris school on Wednesday and wowed its young pupils with his shooting skills. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
PHOTO: AP Photo/Thibault Camus
Archer Matt Stutzman of United States shows his silver medal from the Paralympic Games in 2012 to pupils, in a Paris school, in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Visiting France's capital before Paralympic tickets go on sale next week, Stutzman dropped by a Paris school on Wednesday and wowed its young pupils with his shooting skills. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
PHOTO: AP Photo/Thibault Camus
Archer Matt Stutzman of United States holds the bow with his foot during a performance in a Paris school, in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Visiting France's capital before Paralympic tickets go on sale next week, Stutzman dropped by a Paris school on Wednesday and wowed its young pupils with his shooting skills. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
PHOTO: AP Photo/Thibault Camus
Archer Matt Stutzman of United States greets a pupil, in a Paris school, in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Visiting France's capital before Paralympic tickets go on sale next week, Stutzman dropped by a Paris school on Wednesday and wowed its young pupils with his shooting skills. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
PHOTO: AP Photo/Thibault Camus
Archer Matt Stutzman of United States talks to a pupil during a visit in a Paris school, in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Visiting France's capital before Paralympic tickets go on sale next week, Stutzman dropped by a Paris school on Wednesday and wowed its young pupils with his shooting skills. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
PHOTO: AP Photo/Thibault Camus
Archer Matt Stutzman of United States reacts during a performance in a Paris school, in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Visiting France's capital before Paralympic tickets go on sale next week, Stutzman dropped by a Paris school on Wednesday and wowed its young pupils with his shooting skills. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
PHOTO: AP Photo/Thibault Camus
Archer Matt Stutzman of United States ties the shoes of a pupil with his foot, in a Paris school, in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Visiting France's capital before Paralympic tickets go on sale next week, Stutzman dropped by a Paris school on Wednesday and wowed its young pupils with his shooting skills. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
PHOTO: AP Photo/Thibault Camus
Archer Matt Stutzman of United States poses for a picture during a visit in a Paris school, in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Visiting France's capital before Paralympic tickets go on sale next week, Stutzman dropped by a Paris school on Wednesday and wowed its young pupils with his shooting skills. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
PHOTO: AP Photo/Thibault Camus
Archer Matt Stutzman of United States holds the bow with his foot during a performance in a Paris school, in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Visiting France's capital before Paralympic tickets go on sale next week, Stutzman dropped by a Paris school on Wednesday and wowed its young pupils with his shooting skills. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
PHOTO: AP Photo/Thibault Camus
Matt Stutzman, the 40-year-old armless archer from Fairfield, Iowa, stopped at Funès-Monceau primary school in Paris while on an October 2023 trip to France.
Click through the photos above, which are from Stutzman's visit when he demonstrated his archery skills and gave his young audience a very short version of his astounding life story: born with no arms; put up for adoption when he was 3 months old; spent the next 10 months in an orphanage before Leon and Jean Stutzman made him their child.
“They taught me how to do everything when I was just a little kid,” he told them.
Stutzman, a silver medalist at the 2012 London Paralympics, is preparing for his fourth Paralympics, which will be Aug. 28-Sept. 8, in Paris.