Tara Davis-Woodhall
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College team | Texas Longhorns (2019–2021)
Albuquerque 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Tara Davis-Woodhall (
High school
Davis-Woodhall broke the American junior record for indoor long jump at the Dumanis Sports Group Prep Classic in Frisco, Texas on February 11, 2017, with a distance of 6.68 m (21 ft 10+3⁄4 in).[2]
Later in the year, running for
After graduating high school, she attended the University of Georgia where she was coached by Petros Kyprianou.[5]
College
As a University of Georgia student athlete, Davis-Woodhall broke
After a season at Georgia, she transferred to the
In 2021, Davis-Woodhall jumped 7.14 meters at the Texas Relays in Austin to set the collegiate record.[7] The jump placed her in the top 30 of all time.[8]
Career
Davis-Woodhall qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics by jumping 7.04 meters to place second at the Olympic Trials in June 2021.[9] She placed sixth in the women's long jump at the Olympic final, with a best distance jumped of 6.84 meters.[10][11]
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. She was later stripped of the title after a urine sample she submitted at the event showed a cannabis metabolite level above the allowed limit. She received a reduced suspension of one month after completing a substance abuse treatment program.[12][13]
Davis-Woodhall won 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.[14][15]
She competed at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships where she won a gold medal in the long jump event with a distance of 7.07m.[16]
Personal life
Davis-Woodhall married Paralympian Hunter Woodhall on October 16, 2022.[17] They operate a YouTube channel together.[18][19]
External links
Tara Davis-Woodhall at World Athletics
References
- ^ a b "Tara Davis". teamusa.org. USOC. Archived from the original on July 4, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
- ^ "Tara Davis sets national indoor long jump record, and her reaction is priceless". February 11, 2017.
- ^ "Agoura's Tara Davis wins three titles at state track championships". Los Angeles Times. June 4, 2017.
- ^ Eads, Derry. "Agoura's Tara Davis is The Star's Girls Track Athlete of the Year". Ventura County Star.
- ^ "College Signing: Tara Davis Class of 2017". MileSplit United States.
- ^ "Tara Davis Transfers To Texas, Will Sit Out Season". www.flotrack.org. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
- ^ "COLLEGIATE RECORD: Tara Davis Sets Outdoor LJ Standard ::: USTFCCCA".
- ^ "Women's long jump". www.alltime-athletics.com.
- ^ "Track & Field's Davis punches ticket to Tokyo at U.S. Olympic Trials". The University of Texas at Austin Athletics. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ Treisman, Rachel (27 August 2021). "Meet Olympic Power Couple Hunter Woodhall And Tara Davis". NPR. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ Claybourn, David (August 3, 2021). "Tara Davis finishes sixth in long jump at Tokyo Olympics". Herald-Banner. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
- ^ Gonzalez, Isabel (April 28, 2023). "US long jumper Tara Davis-Woodhall stripped of national title, suspended a month after positive cannabis test". CBS Sports. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
- ^ "Track & Field Athlete Tara Davis-Woodhall Accepts Sanction for Anti-Doping Rule Violation". usada.org. April 25, 2023. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
- ^ "Davis-Woodhall wins first Championships medal at the World Athletics Championships". texassports.com. August 20, 2023. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
- ^ "Tara Davis-Woodhall takes second in the women's long jump at world championship". Herald-Banner. August 22, 2023. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
- ^ "Athletics Results - Athletics". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ Strohm, Emily (October 16, 2022). "Hunter Woodhall and Tara Davis Are Married in Fairytale Ceremony: 'Everything We Dreamed'". People. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ^ Adams, Emily (July 15, 2021). "Olympic couple Tara Davis and Hunter Woodhall define a generation of social-savvy athletes". USA Today. Archived from the original on July 16, 2021. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ^ Treisman, Rachel (August 26, 2021). "Meet Olympic Power Couple Hunter Woodhall And Tara Davis". NPR. Retrieved June 27, 2023.