Hunter Woodhall sprints to victory in men’s 400m T62 to claim first gold medal at Paralympic Games

It shouldn’t come as a shock that the couple will wear matching medals, especially since they’ve been joined at the hip for much of the summer. The pair attended each other’s Olympic and Paralympic trials, created vidoes for their social media accounts while training, and even manifested their indiviudal success in same format ahead of their finals at Paris 2024.

“Tara has taught me a lot about self-affirmation,” explained Woodhall. “Before the Olympics, she was writing in her journal, ‘I will be the Olympic champ’. And ‘I am strong, I am fast’.

“I have had my journal here and I wrote in it today, ‘I will be the Paralympic champion’. And now I am,” proclaimed the 25-year-old.

He praised Davis-Woodhall for her support during the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, stating, “She’s so humble. She just, like, really took a backseat after winning the Olympic title and humbled herself, and just really took some time to put that energy back into me knowing that I had something coming up. Now I’m happy that we can celebrate together.”

They have cause for further celebration after Woodhall added an additional bronze medal to his collection as part of Team USA’s 4x100m universal relay squad that finished third just over an hour after his victory in the men’s 400m T62 final. He leaves Paris with five medals to his name at the Paralympic Games, including his first-ever gold medal.