Ryan Hall

Categories: Sports | Athletes | Olympic Sports
    • Born: October 14, 1982
    • Birthplace: Big Bear Lake, California
    • Height: 5'10"
    • Weight: 130 lbs
    • Resides: Palo Alto, California
    • High school: Big Bear High School
    • Close friend of late distance runner Ryan Shay
    • Hall and Shay's wife, Alicia, were teammates at Stanford University
    • Spouse: Runner Sara Hall (nee Bei)
    • Started running marathons in April of 2007
    • Three-time NCAA Cross Country All-American
    • USA 20 km and half-marathon record holder

  • Ryan Hall is an American professional distance runner. He won the marathon event at the U.S. Olympic Time Trials to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    On April 20, 2009, Hall finished third in the Boston Marathon with a time of 2:09:40, just 62 seconds after Deriba Merga from Ethiopia won the race.FanHouse: Boston Marathon: Ryan Hall, Kara Goucher Both Finish 3rd for U.S.

  • Notable Finishes

    • 2009: 3rd Place Boston Marathon
    • 2008: Olympic Trials Men's Marathon champion
    • 2007: U.S. Half-Marathon champion
    • 2006: USA Cross Country champion
    • 2005: NCAA 5,000m champion
    • 2003: NCAA Cross Country runner-up

  • Olympic Trials Tragedy

    Hall won the November 3, 2007, U.S. Men's Olympic Marathon Trials with a record time of 2:09:02, qualifying him to run in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Tragically, Hall's friend and colleague, Ryan Shay, collapsed and died during the race.

    Shay's death was later ruled to be of natural causes as he was born with an enlarged heart. The condition caused cardiac arrhythmia, which led to his collapse during the race and the fatal heart attack.

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