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Hunter Woodhall wins 400 meters at Paralympics, weeks after his wife won gold at Olympics

American sprinter Hunter Woodhall won a gold medal in the 400-meter race in the T62 class at the Paralympics on Friday, making him a gold medalist alongside his wife.

Woodhall finished the race in 46.36 seconds, 0.54 seconds faster than second-place Johannes Floors. Woodhall's wife Tara Davis-Woodhall won gold in the women's long jump at the Paris Olympics earlier this summer.

After the race, Woodhall ripped off his bib and turned it over to reveal the message, “Wyatt Woodhall: This one is for you,” in memory of his uncle.

Both Woodhall and his wife Tara became stars during the Paris Games. After winning gold in the long jump, Woodhall-Davis immediately ran to the stands and leapt into Woodhall's waiting arms – one of the viral moments of the summer. The couple shared a similar embrace on Friday.

“It's been so hard to keep the emotions under control after everything that's happened the last few weeks,” he told NBC Sports after the win. “It's surreal.”

Woodhall, 25, was born with fibular hemimelia and is a bilateral amputee. He met his future wife when they were track and field athletes in high school, and they married in October 2022.

The couple speaks openly about their journey as athletes and partners and documents their ups and downs on the way to the Olympic and Paralympic Games on their own YouTube channel.

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