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Woodhall said "no one believes I'm 6-foot-2 in the comments"

Hunter Woodhall on Nov. 14, 2024 in Los Angeles Credit: Lila Seeley/FilmMagic NEED TO KNOW Paralympic gold medalist Hunter Woodhall explained in an Instagram Reel how he chooses his height with his prosthetics Woodhall said, "No one believes I'm 6-foot-2," and joked that followers claimed his 5-foot-4 wife Tara Davis-Woodhall was over 6 ft. tall The Paralympic champ revealed that he chooses his height in proportion to his wingspan Paralympic champion Hunter Woodhall is sharing insight into how he chose his height with his prosthetics.

Woodhall, 27, said he "had to come with receipts" in the caption of his Instagram Reel on Monday, March 9, which featured his wife, Olympic gold medalist Tara Davis-Woodhall , measuring his wingspan to explain how he determines his height. "No one believes that I'm 6-foot-2 in the comments," Woodhall said in the video, joking that "everyone thinks Tara is 6-foot-2. " Davis-Woodhall, 26, stands at 5-foot-4, however.

Hunter Woodhall on Sept. 16, 2025 in Japan Credit: Hannah Peters/Getty Woodhall told viewers he brought his tape measurer out "for a few things" in the video. "People were also asking me how I decide my height and one of the ways is by wingspan," he explained.

Davis-Woodhall, who married the Paralympian on Oct. 16, 2022 in McKinney, Texas , showed herself measuring Woodhall's wingspan and said, "We're not cheating," in the video. Woodhall admitted he had shoes on during the measurement, but said, "they're Metcons, so like, a super small heel.