Ryan

Hall

Olympian 2008, 2012

Athlete Bio#

Height

5’10”

Age

42

Hometown

Big Bear Lake

Education

Stanford

Olympic Experience
  • 2-time Olympian;
    • Olympic Games London 2012, (Marathon - Men)
    • Olympic Games Beijing 2008, 10th (Marathon - Men)
Career Highlights
  • 2008 Olympic Trials Marathon champion
  • 2007 USA Half Marathon champion
  • 2006 USA Cross Country champion
  • 2005 NCAA 5,000m champion
  • American half marathon (59:43) and 20 km (57:54) record holder
  • Three-time NCAA Cross Country All-American
  • Stanford 5,000m record holder

Fun Facts: He became the first American to break the one-hour barrier in the half marathon and broke Mark Curp’s record, which had stood for 21 years, by more than one minute ... The California state champion, Hall held the second fastest high school 1,600m time of 4:00.52 in the country ... Wife Sara (Bei) Hall is also an elite distance runner, who won the 2011 Pan Am Games steeplechase ... The Halls are active with charitable groups such as Team World Vision. They worked on a campaign in 2008 entitled, “More Precious than Gold,” that raised nearly a million dollars to help bring clean water wells and irrigation systems to poor communities in Zambia

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World Championships Experience
  • Most recent: 2006 – 11th (20km - Men)
  • Years of participation: 20km - Men 2006; 5000m - Men 2005
  • Top finish: 11th – 2006 (20km - Men)

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