"I was so enthralled" - Tara Davis-Woodhall's husband Hunter recalls the moment he held Olympian's gold medal for first time

Paralympic athlete Hunter Woodhall recently opened up the moment he held his wife, Tara Davis-Woodhall's Olympic gold medal. Notably, a few weeks later, Hunter won a gold medal in the 400m T62 event, his fifth medal in the Paralympics.

Besides being top-notch athletes, Davis-Woodhall and her husband are active on social media. They also have a YouTube channel in which they have more than 900K subscribers.

In a recent YouTube video posted on their channel, 'The Woodhall', Hunter recalled that he was amazed after touching Davis Woodhall's long jump Olympic gold medal. He also mentioned that he had asked permission from the long jumper to touch the medal. He said (via The Woodhalls, 8:25 onwards):

"You know what, actually funny enough like the first gold medal that I ever held or touched was her's and I was so enthralled by like how incredible it was, I like asked her permission like she's my wife and I was like, do you think it's all right I touch the medal."

Davis-Woodhall immediately added:

"I literally threw it at him, I was like you got me this too."

The duo has been out of the track for most of the time in their personal space after the quadrennial games and were recently spotted spending their time in gym sessions ahead of the 2025 season.

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Tara Davis-Woodhall shares a piece of advice for dealing with doubts

Davis-Woodhall celebrating with her silver medal at the 2023 World Championships (Image via: Getty Images)

Tara Davis-Woodhall recently shared some advice for individuals with self-doubt. This came during her and her husband, Hunter's time at Noah Lyles, and Rai Benjamin's Beyond the Records podcast.

During the podcast, Davis-Woodhall stated that she and her husband, Hunter faced several comments and outside opinions from the doubters and haters. Additionally, she also asked individuals to follow their dreams and maintain their individual choices and opinions. She said (1:00:34 onwards):

"Just keep going like there are so many doubters and haters who have told so many times that you can't do this. What you want to do give yourself a chance, that's how we survived this year like we gave ourshelves a chance. Don't give up on your dreams, don't give up on anything that you want to do because at the end of the day you only have yourselves."

During the podcast, Tara Davis-Woodhall also revealed that she also reads the comments on her social media handles.