The 27-year-old former Brooks High student claimed his second major global title in style, smashing the International Paralympic Committee world championships record in the F20 shot put for athletes with intellectual disabilities.

Opening his account in the Qatari capital Doha with 15.40 metres, Hodgetts continued with 15.55m, his best mark of 15.83m, 15.53m and 15.49m before closing his campaign with 14.76m.

Three years after his memorable celebrations at the Paralympic Games in London, Hodgetts, who now lives in Melbourne and represents the Victorian Institute of Sport, said his latest world title was just as sweet.

“People wrote me off after London," he said.

"I had two surgeries and people were saying that I couldn’t come back, it’s amazing that I have.

"The faith that my coach, Athletics Australia and the team at the VIS had in me made me confident that I could and it’s awesome."

Coached by Gus Puopolo, the former powerlifter has returned to form at an opportune time less than a year out from the next Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

“I have to stick to this plan now," he said. "I love working with Gus and my squad and I think that I can keep improving. I want to keep doing the right thing by the people that did the right thing by me.”

Hodgetts set a world record of 16.29m for his event in 2012, won a bronze medal at the world championships in Lyon in 2013 and tops this year's IPC rankings with a season best of 16.28m.

His performance came on a successful night for Australians with Angela Ballard, of NSW, also breaking a championship record to win the women’s T53 wheelchair 200m and South Australian Michael Roeger claiming bronze in the men’s T46 1500m for athletes with arm deficiencies.

Forth's Deon Kenzie is the other Tasmanian set to compete in Doha, running both the T38 800m and 1500m and up against Ireland’s six-time gold medallist Michael McKillop.

Coach Mike Gunson said Kenzie starts among the favourites for the 1500m having broke the world record three times since December, most recently in Boston in June.

“Deon left Tasmania in excellent form, he has prepared exceptionally well during the year and I expect him to be in top shape for the championships,” Gunson said.

Kenzie claimed a bronze medal in the 1500m at the 2013 IPC world championships as a 17-year-old.