American track and field athlete Hunter Woodhall is preparing to compete in his third Paralympic Games. Woodhall and his wife Olympic long-jumper Tara Davis-Woodhall went viral after her big gold medal-winning moment. NBC News’ Emilie Ikeda speaks to the couple.
Tara Davis-Woodhall made two especially memorable jumps at the 2024 Paris Games. The first came in the women’s long jump event, when, on her fourth leap, she soared 7.10 meters, good enough to secure her first Olympic gold medal. The second came after she won the gold, when she ran over to the stands and jumped into the arms of her husband, Hunter. “You’re the Olympic champion!” he yelled. “You did it!” Following his wife’s first-place performance, it’s now Hunter’s turn to go for gold.
They have been open about their journey as a couple as well as athletes, documenting their ups and downs on their way to the Olympics on their own YouTube channel. Davis-Woodhall has had her most successful year on the track. She qualified for the Tokyo Games in 2020 but finished sixth in the long jump. This year, she took home gold at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, before she did the same in Paris.
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