Hall had won 10 Olympic medals between 1996-2004 as an American swimmer, including five golds. He was inducted to the Arizona Sports and Entertainment Commission Hall of Fame in 2018.

Arizona Cardinals and Arizona State football legend Pat Tillman, 10-time Olympic swimming medalist Gary Hall Jr. and former Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Mark Grace are among six 2018 ...

Story by Jeremy Cluff, Arizona Republic • 17m G ary Hall Jr., a 10-time Olympic champion, lost his Olympic medals earlier this year in the wildfires that raged throughout Southern California.

Gary Hall Jr. is one of the many Los Angeles residents who has lost everything in the ongoing wildfires. ... The 10-time Olympic champion, who grew up in Arizona, had all of his possessions, ...

American swimmer Gary Hall Jr. holds an original medal from Atlanta 1996 that melted during the wildfires in Los Angeles that destroyed his home, while holding a replica medal presented to him in ...

Video: Olympic Gold Medalist & Arizona native Gary Hall Jr. talks losing home in California wildfire. Jan 9, 2025, 4:32 PM | Updated: 5:21 pm. Share . BY KTAR VIDEO. KTAR.com ...

Gary Hall Jr.'s harrowing experience escaping the Los Angeles wildfires in January, and seeing his home engulfed in flames, was not the first time he was in a life-threatening situation.

Gary Hall Jr. was inducted into the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame in 2018 and won back-to-back gold medals in the men’s 50-meter freestyle in Sydney in 2000 and in 2004 at the Olympics in Athens.

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 1. YESTERDAY, news leaked that Gary Hall Jr. will be one of the inductees into this year's U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame class, as reported by the Arizona Republic.

Gary Hall Jr.'s harrowing experience escaping the Los Angeles wildfires in January, and seeing his home engulfed in flames, was not the first time he was in a life-threatening situation.

Gary Hall Jr. received 10 replica medals from IOC President Thomas Bach during an 'emotional; ceremony at Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland. ... Hall, who grew up in Arizona, ...