After near misses in 2016 and 2021, Hunter Woodhall finally captured his first Paralymic gold medal with a win in the men’s T62 400-meter sprint on Friday night. To make the victory even sweeter, Woodhall got to celebrate with his wife and fellow Olympic gold medalist, Tara Davis-Woodhall.
Woodhall came to Paris with a silver medal from the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro and a bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Games, but he was still hunting the first gold of his career. He broke through on Friday night with an excellent run in the 400-meter.
Coming out of the final turn, Woodhall was neck-and-neck with Germany’s Johannes Floors, but that’s when the American turned on the afterburners. Woodhall pulled away from Floors down the stretch, and he posted a winning time of 46.36 seconds.
“This is my first gold, it’s my first time winning any major championship, and they couldn’t pick a better one,” Woodhall told USA Today.
One of the many fans in attendance to see Woodhall win his first gold medal was his wife. About a month earlier,…
