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.

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.

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. 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 ...

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.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — After all his Olympic medals were destroyed in the Los Angeles fires, swimming great Gary Hall Jr. set an unexpected record replacing them at IOC headquarters Monday.

Former US Olympian Gary Hall Jr. won 10 Olympic medals and six world championship medals in his swimming career. He believes he’s lost them all in the Palisades wildfire, he told CNN’s Erin ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.'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.