Former U.S. swimmer Gary Hall Jr. was presented with 10 Olympic medals to replace the ones he won from 1996-2004 but he lost in the Palisades 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.

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.

American swimmer Gary Hall Jr. holds an original medal, that melted during the wildfires in Los Angeles that destroyed his home earlier this year, while wearing the replica Olympic medals that IOC ...

Gary Hall Jr. walks on to the pool deck wearing a full length robe before the final of the 50 meter freestyle during the U.S. Swimming Olympic Trials on July 5, 2008 at the Qwest Center in Omaha ...

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.'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.'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.