Tara Davis-Woodhall is an American Olympic athlete specializing in track and field's long jump and hurdles. She achieved gold at the 2024 Summer Olympics and silver at the 2023 World Championships in women's long jump. Her early career highlights include setting the American junior women's indoor long jump record in 2017 and a sixth-place finish in the long jump final at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Tara Davis-Woodhall was born on May 20, 1999.
On February 11, 2017, Tara Davis-Woodhall broke the American junior record for indoor long jump at the Dumanis Sports Group Prep Classic in Frisco, Texas, with a distance of 6.68 meters.
Tara Davis-Woodhall set the American junior women's record in the indoor long jump in 2017.
In 2018, while a student-athlete at the University of Georgia, Tara Davis-Woodhall broke the world under-20 record in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 7.98 seconds at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. In the same meet, she placed third in the long jump, contributing to a University of Georgia sweep in the event.
Tara Davis-Woodhall transferred to the University of Texas after her freshman year at Georgia in 2019.
Due to transfer rules, Tara Davis-Woodhall was unable to compete until the 2019-2020 track season. She later appealed her old coach's decision to hold her from being released from the team.
Tara Davis-Woodhall competed in the women's long jump final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, achieving a sixth-place finish with a best jump of 6.84 meters.
Tara Davis-Woodhall secured her spot on the US Olympic team by placing second at the Olympic Trials in June 2021 with a jump of 7.04 meters.
In 2021, Tara Davis-Woodhall set the collegiate record in the long jump with a distance of 7.14 meters at the Texas Relays in Austin. This accomplishment placed her in the top 30 of all time.
Tara Davis married fellow athlete Hunter Woodhall, a Paralympian, on October 16, 2022. The couple also run a YouTube channel together.
Tara Davis-Woodhall won the national long jump title at the USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Albuquerque in February 2023, with a jump of 6.99 meters. However, she was later stripped of the title due to a positive drug test for a cannabis metabolite. After completing a substance abuse treatment program, she received a reduced suspension of one month.
Tara Davis-Woodhall earned a silver medal in the women's long jump at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, with a distance of 6.91 meters.
In 2024, Tara Davis-Woodhall achieved a significant milestone by winning a gold medal in the women's long jump at the Summer Olympics. Additionally, she secured a silver medal at the World Championships in the same year.
Tara Davis-Woodhall won a gold medal in the long jump at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships with an impressive jump of 7.07 meters.
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