"Tara Davis-Woodhall and I said we want to win gold medals"- Hunter Woodhall shares motivating message for children of the hospital he lost his leg at

Tara Davis-Woodhall's husband, Hunter Woodhall, who recently won a gold medal at the Paris Paralympics, shared an inspirational message for children at the hospital where he lost his leg as a child. The athlete recently concluded his 2024 season after bagging wins at the 2024 Summer Games.

Weeks after their respective Games victories, the couple reached the Shriner's Hospital for Children, where Hunter was treated as a child. The parathlete was born with fibular hemimelia, which is a condition where the fibula bone is either short or missing. He was just 11 months old when his legs were amputated below the knee for better mobility, at Shriner's Children's.

During their visit, he shared a motivating message with the kids, mentioning the importance of goal-setting and having big dreams. He spoke about the goals he set along with his wife at the beginning of the year, and shared an important lesson with the kids. He said,

"Tara and I sat down and we said, 'You know what, we want to go to the Olympics, we want to win a gold medal, and then we want to go to the Paralympics; we want to win another gold medal. This has never been done in history, no one's ever done,' so a lot of people said, 'I don't know if that's going to happen, I don't know if that's possible. You might not want to set your expectations so high.' (6:52)

But, we said, 'no, this is our goal and this is exactly what we want to do and let's see if we can get it done,' which leads me to the second part of this.

"Having goals is like awesome, but it's like having a place you want to go without having a map; right, you don't know how you're going to get there, so, one thing that we did is we sat down and we said, how are we going to get there, let's make a road map, and one thing that's important is you might have a really big goal that's way down the line, and it's hard to figure out what steps come next, so what I want you guys to remember is that it's okay to go slow; these things take time. It's going to take time to develop; it's going to take time to find what you love to do, but it's all going to work out in the end."

Woodhall recently participated in Paris in the 400m T62, where he won a gold medal by clocking 46.63s and bested Johannes Floors and Olivier Hendriks, who claimed second and third place, respectively. Along with this, he also won a bronze medal in the mixed 4x100m universal relay, where the USA clocked 47.32s while China and Great Britain, who recorded 45.07s and 46.01s, secured first and second place, respectively.

Tara Davis-Woodhall dominated the long jump event in Paris, recording 7.10m to clinch her first Olympic gold medal.

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Hunter Woodhall shared a heartfelt note for Tara Davis-Woodhall after his Paris Olympics exploits

After winning two medals at the Paris Olympics, Hunter Woodhall shared a series of pictures on Instagram that showed moments from his races at the Paris Paralympic Games. He penned a heartfelt note in the caption, thanking Tara Davis-Woodhall for her support and belief in him. The post's caption read:

"To my wife. I couldn’t do this alone. You built me up and kept me accountable. You believed in me, and helped me grow. You taught me how to enjoy the moment. You showed me how to be a competitor. We did it."

The American long-jump athlete and Olympic champion replied to the note with a comment under the post:

"You truly have no idea that you have they key to this ship. i’m just the co captain ✨"

Hunter Woodhall has won a total of five Paralympic medals, one gold, one silver, and three bronze medals.