Tracey Otto, Archer with a spinal cord injury after assaulting her ex-partner with pellets and a knife

“Suddenly I heard a noise and the following was A light was pointing at my face. Then I heard his voice. I had to. My ex-boyfriend. At that moment we were asleep. He had a pellet gun. Also some handcuffs and a knife. He yells at Ricky (his current partner) and wakes up, ” Tracy Otto told the BBC. He said he was going to kill us. Not exactly because I just collapsed and lost knowledge.”Oh, Ade.

On October 24, 2019, his life turned black in an instant. Aggression of your ex-partner It caused a spinal cord injury that left her in a wheelchair and caused her to lose her left eye.

The attacker He hit her several times before shooting Ricky twice in the face and shooting him in the back, Causing his lung to collapse. After He shoots Otto in the eye and then puts the knife in the back of his neck, leaving her paralyzed.

In January 2023, his former partner was He was convicted of robbery, attempted murder, sexual assault and aggravated assault.

I had kicked him out of the House

Then He was 23 years old and managed to rebuild his life Together with Ricky wrestle, leaving behind months of abuse of his former partner. I had kicked him out of the house and, out of fear, changed the locks.

But her ex-boyfriend, He was sentenced to 40 years in prison, I managed to get in through an armed window. After several months in a hospital for physical and mental recovery, I was left in a wheelchair, with limited mobility of my arm and blind in my left eye.

It helps with the mouth to shoot

Sport became his refuge.. Search the internet for something that made her busy, did not allow her to think , and I found the center of all people’s lives , A center that offers archery as part of its modified sports program in Tampa, Florida.

Start shooting practice in 2021 with custom Arns. He shoots his arrows using his mouth as an aid to the movement of the hands.

Yesterday Pars ‘ debut at the first Paralympic Games, Where he competes a lot In a mixed team as well as individually. To play the eights tomorrow against the Chinese Jing Lu at enfleidos, the shooting venue as it has already happened at the Olympics.

The American has arrived in Paris approved by Gold was achieved in the women’s W1 individual event at the 2023 Parapan American Games In Santiago (Chile).

“I try to train three to five days a week. It depends on my body. I’ve always really enjoyed going to the gym and I think It is very good for my mental health Although it is not always possible. I also try to meditate every morning. When I’m shooting, whether it’s in training or at a competition, I don’t think about my disability or anything else. I am really present and at peace,” he admits.