Tara Davis-Woodhall is an American track and field athlete.
15 Facts About Tara Davis-Woodhall
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Tara Davis-Woodhall won a gold medal in women's long jump at the 2024 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2023 World Championships.
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Tara Davis-Woodhall grew up in Frisco, Texas, and is the youngest of five children.
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Tara Davis-Woodhall attended the University of Georgia, where she competed in track and field for the Georgia Bulldogs, but after one year transferred to the University of Texas after to compete for the Texas Longhorns.
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Tara Davis-Woodhall's mark is the best under all conditions in history.
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Tara Davis-Woodhall set the state record in the long jump.
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Tara Davis-Woodhall was selected Ventura County Track and Field Athlete of the Year.
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In 2018, after one season at Georgia, Tara Davis-Woodhall transferred to the University of Texas.
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Tara Davis-Woodhall went on to appeal her old coach's decision to hold her from being released from the team.
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Tara Davis-Woodhall won the national long jumping title at the USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Albuquerque in February 2023, with a distance of 6.99 meters.
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Tara Davis-Woodhall was later stripped of the title after a urine sample she submitted at the event showed a cannabis metabolite level above the allowed limit.
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Tara Davis-Woodhall received a reduced suspension of one month after completing a substance abuse treatment program.
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Tara Davis-Woodhall celebrated with her husband, Hunter Woodhall, who went on to win a gold medal at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
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Tara Davis-Woodhall was nominated for her first World Athletics Award because of her gold medals in the 2024 sports season.
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Tara Davis-Woodhall married Paralympian Hunter Woodhall on October 16,2022, having first met at a track meet in Idaho in 2017.