Ex-U.S. Olympic swimmer Gary Hall Jr. fled his Pacific Palisades home with his dog and three other items. He was unable to go back for his 10 medals, which were lost in the fire.

Olympic swimmer Gary Hall Jr. is among thousands of residents who have lost their homes and belongings in the Palisades wildfires that are ravaging Los Angeles. The champion lost all ten of his ...

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.

As wildfires continue to rage across the Los Angeles area, Olympic champion swimmer Gary Hall Jr. is among the many residents who've suffered devastating losses. "It was worse than any apocalypse ...

The Palisades fire had former gold medal U.S. Olympic swimmer Gary Hall Jr. feeling as if he were in a horror movie as he lost everything everything he owns, including his home and 10 Olympics medals.

Gary Hall Jr. Mike Coppola/Getty "I'm touched by the outpouring of support,” Hall Jr. tells PEOPLE. “While that means a lot to me, it’s, you know, the high school friend that I haven't seen ...

Gary Hall Jr. won 10 Olympic medals with the U.S. swimming team from 1996-2004, then lost them all in January when the house he was renting in the Pacific Palisades went up in flames. He now has ...

Denis Balibouse. American swimmer Gary Hall Jr. holds an original medal from Atlanta 1996, that melted during the wildfires in Los Angeles that destroyed his home earlier this year, while holding ...

Gary Hall Jr. during his Olympic win in the men’s 50 m freestyle at the Athens Games in 2004. AFP via Getty Images. For his final Olympic outing in Athens in 2004, Hall won gold in the 50 m ...

Gary Hall Jr. shows off his gold medal for the men's swimming 50-meter freestyle event on Aug. 20, 2004 during the Athens 2004 Summer Olympic Games at the Main Pool of the Olympic Sports Complex ...

Gary Hall Jr. was a five-time Olympic gold medalist known for trash talk. Here's his advice from a 'humbling' swim career after fires upset his life. Sports newsletter 🏈's best, via 📧 Studio ...

Hall Jr., 50, won five gold, three silver and two bronze Olympic medals throughout his career, which included appearances at the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta, the 2020 Summer Games in Sydney and ...