Hunter Woodhall was born with fibular hemimelia, a condition necessitating that his lower legs were amputated at 11 months old. In high school, however, he gave evidence of his sprinting prowess, earning a place on the US team for the 2016 Paralympic Games, at which he won a silver medal in the T44 200m and a bronze in the T44 400m. (He had made his international debut one year earlier at 2015 IPC World Championships, taking a silver in the T44 400m and a bronze in the T44 200m).
After high school, Hunter attended the University of Arkansas, becoming the first double amputee to receive an NCAA Division I track and field scholarship. At the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, he won a T62 400m bronze medal, meaning that, as he approaches the Paris Games, his third, Hunter needs a gold medal in order to complete his collection.
Earlier this year, he claimed silver medals in the T64 100m and T62 400m races at the Para World Championships in Kobe, Japan, following that with US records in the T62 100m (10.75) and T62 400m (46.09) at the Paralympic Track and Field Trials in July.
Hunter is married to NYAC athlete Tara Davis-Woodhall, the 2023 world championships silver medalist in the long jump, who will contest that event at the Paris Olympic Games.
Paris Result:
6th place, T64 100m (10.96).
Gold medal, T62 400m (46.36).
Bronze medal, 4x100m Universal Relay (47.32, SB).