Events – Recurve bow
Hometown – Alamosa, Colorado
High School – Sangre de Cristo High School
Joined Army – July 2005
Military Occupation – Infantryman

Staff Sergeant Michael Lukow is an infantryman and a Paralympic archer in the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program who competes in the recurve open event. A native of Alamosa, Colorado, who lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, Lukow, 30, was a member of the 2011 Pan American Team and the Czech Republic Teams of 2014, 2015 and 2016. He took up archery while rehabilitating from an injury sustained January 30, 2008. An explosively formed penetrator, known as an EFP, in Baghdad, Iraq, claimed his right foot. He learned to walk on prosthetics and braces by retrieving his arrows. The more consistently he hit the targets, the easier the walks became. Lukow is a recipient of the Iraq Campaign medal, Purple Heart, National Defense Service Medal, among others. He punched his ticket to Rio de Janeiro at the final event of a three-phase qualification series in Chula Vista, California that determined the 2016 U.S. Paralympic Archery Team.

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