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Tara Davis-Woodhall and husband Hunter Woodhall receive major honor alongside other athletes for their victorious pursuits at the Paris Olympics
Tara Davis-Woodhall and her husband, Hunter Woodhall, who is also a paralympic athlete, received a major honor at the Arkansas track and field for their victories at the Paris Olympics. The couple concluded their Olympic campaign after winning gold medals in their respective sports.
Davis-Woodhall won her first Olympic gold medal at the 2024 Summer Games after delivering a spectacular performance in the long jump event. She leaped 7.1 meters to stand atop the podium and bested the defending champion, Malaika Mihambo, who secured a second-place finish.
Just like his wife, Hunter Woodhall also won the first Olympic gold of his career in the 400m T62 event, where he recorded 46.36s to attain first place in the event. Weeks after these triumphs, both husband and wife were honored by the Arkansas Track and Field University for their wins alongside other Olympians.
The university shared a series of videos on their Instagram story that featured Tara Davis-Woodhall, Hunter Woodhall, Amber Anning, and Chris Bailey flaunting their gold medal at the Arkansas stadium. The athletes were seen waving to the audience, cheering for them. The caption of the story read:
"Legends in the house today."
Another story was a collage of all the Olympians posing, and the caption read:
"Hog Call with our Paris Medalists."
Tara Davis-Woodhall opened up about winning a gold medal at the Paris Olympics
Tara Davis-Woodhall reflected on her gold medal win at the Paris Olympics in an interview with Olympics.com. She revealed that her aim was to bring the long jump sport under the spotlight and was elated that the stadium was watching her compete.
"My entire life goal was to change the sport of long jump and get eyes on long jump. And I had the entire stadium watch the long jump for just a split second. And it means more than anything. And I'm so thankful that I had the opportunity to show what long jump is capable of and to show that field matter for sure."
Along with this, she also spoke about her husband, Hunter Woodhall, and called him her support system.
"It's been my life's goal, to be an Olympic gold medalist. My support team - husband, my doctor, and my coach...They told me I got it before I even set foot on the track."
She further added:
“We train every single day together, and he's seen all the hard work that I've done, and I see all the hard work that he's done. I just can't wait to be back here (in Paris) in two weeks and cheer them on for the Paralympics.”
Tara Davis-Woodhall has started a new role as an assistant coach of track and field & cross country at Kansas State University.
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