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Hall, Gary, Jr.
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| Gary Hall, wearing his Olympic
medals, waves at the crowd as Grand Marshall of the 2000 Fiesta
Parade.. 12-00. |
(1974.09.26- )
Swimmer, Olympic Bronze, Silver & Gold Medalist.
 Born in Phoenix
 Lives in Phoenix vicinity
Gary Hall, Jr. won Silver medals in the 50 and 100-meter
freestyle in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. In 1998, he was suspended from
swimming for 3 months and dropped by his sponsor, Speedo, after testing
positive for marijuana. In 1999 he developed diabetes. In the Sydney,
Australia, 2000 Olympics he won Bronze for the 100-meter freestyle, Silver
in the 4x100-meter relay, and Gold for a dead heat tie the 50-meter
freestyle.
 Gary's father, Gary Hall,
Sr., a prominent valley eye surgeon, was a three time Olympic swimmer.
He won Silver medals in the 400-meter individual medley at the 1968 Mexico
City Games and the 200-meter butterfly at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games,
and a Bronze medal in the 100-meter butterfly at the Montreal Olympics in
1976.
Gary's grandfather, Charles H. Keating, Jr., was a swimming
champion at the University of Cincinnati, winning the 1946 NCAA title in
the 200-yard butterfly. When Gary was swimming in the 1996 Olympics,
his grandfather was residing at the Federal Corrections Institution in
Tucson on a conviction for securities fraud for inducing 17,000 investors
to buy $250 million in uninsured bonds while acting as chairman of Lincoln
Savings & Loan.
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