Matt Stutzman to compete for 2028 Olympic archery team in Los Angeles
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Aug 4, 2026, 3:20 PM
Last updated Aug 4, 2026
Paralympic gold medalist Matt Stutzman is coming out of retirement to pursue a spot on the U.S. Olympic archery team for the 2028 Los Angeles Games. The 43-year-old from Iowa aims to qualify for the newly introduced mixed compound event, which features one male and one female archer per team. Stutzman made history at the 2024 Paris Paralympics by becoming the first armless archer to win gold, scoring 149 out of 150 in the men's compound final. The trials for the U.S. team will involve multiple competitions leading up to the Games in 2028, and Stutzman is currently estimated to be among the top 15 men's compound archers in the U.S.
- •Stutzman retired after winning gold at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
- •He aims to qualify for the mixed compound archery event.
- •Stutzman scored a Paralympic record of 149 out of 150 in 2024.
- •The trials for the U.S. Olympic team will take place in the lead-up to 2028.
- •Stutzman estimates he's among the top 15 archers in the U.S.
- 3:20 PMYahoo Sports — Matt Stutzman, the armless archer, bids for 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
"Matt Stutzman retired after winning Paralympic gold in Paris in 2024.
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