Team USA paralympian Hunter Woodhall and his wife Olympian terara Davis Woodhall both won Paris 2024 gold at the State to France it was a scene that the state the France had seen just a few weeks prior but with the roles reversed after receiving his gold medal for an electrifying performance in the men's 400 meter t62 final American para athlete Hunter Woodhall found his wife Olympian Tara Davis Woodhall in the crowd to celebrate in early August it was Hunter cheering on terara as she won Olympic women's long jump gold they've since become known as the golden couple of Paris 2024 and sat down with the IPC to talk about their story as married gold medalists their story began as 17-year-olds at a track meet in Idaho at the time Hunter lived in Utah and terara in California but the two struck up a friendship when Tara introduced herself after one of Hunter's events I saw him and thought he was very cute Tara laughed and he was running the 400m actually and I went up to the track and I gave him a hug and I said I don't know why I have to do this but I have to hug you dot I had just run a 400 so I was little unsure where I was at the time but I knew who terara was and I just knew the girl was different there was something special about her said Hunter we kept in contact for so long we were friends and then before we went to college she gave me a chance we started dating and the rest is history Hunter made his paralympic debut at Rio 2016 winning a silver medal in the men's 200 M t44 and bronze in the 400 met both Hunter and Tera competed in Tokyo approximately 1 year before they got married with Hunter winning par Olympic Bronze in the 400 meter t62 coming into Paris 2024 however he had his sight set on winning his first par Olympic title he faced tough competition in the 400 Mt 62 final including world record holder Johannes Flores of Germany but hunter crossed the Finish Line with a time of 46.3 6 ahead of Flores and bronze medalist Olivier Hendricks of the Netherlands terara also faced top competition from Germany on route to winning gold facing off against defending Champion Malika Mambo in the Olympic women's long jump Final on August 8th her fourth jump of 710m secured her the gold her first Olympic medal after finishing sixth in the event at Tokyo 2020 while they often train in different ways for their different athletics events Hunter and Tara do train together every single day watching and filming each other's practices and supporting each other as both teammates and partners we keep each other accountable added Hunter some days when you don't want want to get up and do that workout or get in the gym the other one can be that motivator it makes those hard days go a lot easier with the next Olympic and Par Olympic Games headed to Los Angeles in 2028 the American track and field Duo are excited to welcome the world to the United States and compete on home soil I'm so excited to have a games in the United States said Hunter I've talked to so many Olympians from the past who've talked about Atlanta or LA and how magical those games were just having so many of our family and friends who might not be able to make it all the way overseas come and watch us in person and going back to tera's Hometown we just can't wait