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.

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. 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.

FILE - U.S. swimmers Anthony Ervin, left, and Gary Hall Jr., center, who tied for the gold medal in the men's 50m freestyle, stand with Dutch swimmer Pieter van den Hoogenband, ...

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 presented with 10 replica medals by the IOC on Monday after the Olympic great's original medals were destroyed in the Los Angeles wildfires.

Swimmer Gary Hall Jr., whose post-graduate training at Cal helped him win 10 Olympic medals, lost those medals earlier this year when his home was destroyed by fires at Pacific Palisades.

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.

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.

FILE - U.S. swimmers Anthony Ervin, left, and Gary Hall Jr., center, who tied for the gold medal in the men's 50m freestyle, stand with Dutch swimmer Pieter van den Hoogenband, right, who won the ...

FILE - U.S. swimmers Anthony Ervin, left, and Gary Hall Jr., center, who tied for the gold medal in the men's 50m freestyle, stand with Dutch swimmer Pieter van den Hoogenband, right, who won the ...