Tara Davis-Woodhall

Tara Davis-Woodhall OLY (born May 20, 1999) is an American track and field athlete. In 2017 she set the American junior women's record in the indoor long jump, and placed 6th in the women's long jump final at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She won the national title in the event in February 2023, but was stripped of it and suspended for one month after failing a drug test for cannabis use. She later won a silver medal in women's long jump at the 2023 World Athletics Championships. Davis-Woodhall is also a hurdler.

Tara Davis-Woodhall
OLY
Davis-Woodhall in 2018
Personal information
National teamUnited States
Born (1999-05-20) May 20, 1999[1]
Height5 ft 4 in (163 cm)[1]
Weight120 lb (54 kg)
Spouse(s)Hunter Woodhall (October 16, 2022)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)100 m hurdles, long jump
College teamTexas Longhorns (2019–2021)
Georgia Bulldogs (2017–2018)
Turned proJun. 2021
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
  • 2020 Tokyo
  • Long jump, 6th
Personal best(s)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  United States
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2023 BudapestLong jump
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place2018 TampereLong jump
World Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place2015 CaliLong jump
Pan American Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 Trujillo4×100 m relay
Gold medal – first place2017 TrujilloLong jump
Silver medal – second place2017 Trujillo100 m hurdles

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 Agoura High School, she won three events at the CIF California State Meet. Her win in the 100 meters hurdles in 12.83 beat the National high school record, but it was aided by a +3.7 mps wind. Her mark is the best under all conditions in history. She also set the state record in the long jump. Her 22 ft 1 in (6.73 m) beat the 24-year-old record by Olympian Marion Jones, who at the time jumped for another Marmonte League school, Thousand Oaks High School.[3] A few weeks earlier, she had run the hurdles in 12.89 at the Ventura County meet.Video on YouTube It was the second fastest wind legal race in history. She was selected Ventura County Track and Field Athlete of the Year.[4]

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 Klaudia Siciarz's world under-20 record in the 60 m hurdles with a time of 7.98 seconds, during the 2018 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. In the same meet, she came 3rd in the long jump, completing a University of Georgia sweep. She finished behind Keturah Orji and Kate Hall.

After a season at Georgia, she transferred to the University of Texas. She did not get to compete until the 2019–2020 track season, because of transfer rules. She went on to appeal her old coach’s decision to hold her from being released from the team.[6]

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]

Personal life

Davis-Woodhall married Paralympian Hunter Woodhall on October 16, 2022.[16] They operate a YouTube channel together.[17][18]

Tara Davis-Woodhall at World Athletics

References
  1. "Tara Davis". teamusa.org. USOC. Archived from the original on July 4, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  2. "Tara Davis sets national indoor long jump record, and her reaction is priceless". February 11, 2017.
  3. "Agoura's Tara Davis wins three titles at state track championships". Los Angeles Times. June 4, 2017.
  4. Eads, Derry. "Agoura's Tara Davis is The Star's Girls Track Athlete of the Year". Ventura County Star.
  5. "College Signing: Tara Davis Class of 2017". MileSplit United States.
  6. "Tara Davis Transfers To Texas, Will Sit Out Season". www.flotrack.org. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  7. "COLLEGIATE RECORD: Tara Davis Sets Outdoor LJ Standard ::: USTFCCCA".
  8. "Women's long jump". www.alltime-athletics.com.
  9. "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.
  10. Treisman, Rachel (27 August 2021). "Meet Olympic Power Couple Hunter Woodhall And Tara Davis". NPR. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  11. Claybourn, David (August 3, 2021). "Tara Davis finishes sixth in long jump at Tokyo Olympics". Herald-Banner. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  12. 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.
  13. "Track & Field Athlete Tara Davis-Woodhall Accepts Sanction for Anti-Doping Rule Violation". usada.org. April 25, 2023. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  14. "Davis-Woodhall wins first Championships medal at the World Athletics Championships". texassports.com. August 20, 2023. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
  15. "Tara Davis-Woodhall takes second in the women's long jump at world championship". Herald-Banner. August 22, 2023. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
  16. Strohm, Emily (October 16, 2022). "Hunter Woodhall and Tara Davis Are Married in Fairytale Ceremony: 'Everything We Dreamed'". People. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  17. 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.
  18. Treisman, Rachel (August 26, 2021). "Meet Olympic Power Couple Hunter Woodhall And Tara Davis". NPR. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
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