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Alex Hall (skier)

Alexander Hall (born September 21, 1998), known colloquially as A Hall, is an American freestyle skier from Fairbanks, Alaska. Hall is a three-time Olympian, having won a gold medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022 and a silver medal at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics in 2026, with both medals in Men's slopestyle skiing while competing for Team USA.[1][2][3][4] He currently holds 14 medals from the Winter X Games, being the first to win all four divisions (Slopestyle, Big Air, Knuckle Huck, & Real Ski) as well as to land the first 2160 (6 full rotations) in competition.[5][6][7]

Alex Hall
Hall in March 2025
Personal information
Full nameAlexander Hall
Born (1998-09-21) September 21, 1998 (age 27)
Fairbanks, Alaska, U.S.
EducationThe Winter Sports School in Park City
Height6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight180 lb (82 kg)
Sport
Country United States
SportFreestyle skiing
Event(s)Slopestyle, Big Air
ClubPark City Ski and Snowboard Club
Medal record
Men's freestyle skiing
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2022 BeijingSlopestyle
Silver medal – second place2026 Milano CortinaSlopestyle
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2021 AspenSlopestyle
Bronze medal – third place2025 EngadinSlopestyle
Winter X Games
Gold medal – first place2019 AspenSlopestyle
Gold medal – first place2019 HafjellBig Air
Gold medal – first place2020 HafjellKnuckle Huck
Gold medal – first place2021 AspenReal Ski
Gold medal – first place2022 AspenBig Air
Gold medal – first place2025 AspenKnuckle Huck
Gold medal – first place2026 AspenKnuckle Huck
Silver medal – second place2020 HafjellSlopestyle
Silver medal – second place2024 AspenBig Air
Silver medal – second place2024 AspenSlopestyle
Bronze medal – third place2021 AspenBig Air
Bronze medal – third place2022 AspenSlopestyle
Bronze medal – third place2022 AspenKnuckle Huck
Bronze medal – third place2026 AspenSlopestyle
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2016 LillehammerSlopestyle

Career

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Having moved to Switzerland at an early age, Hall then returned to the United States at age 16 to finish high school at the Winter Sports School in Park City. He started competing at the FIS World Cup level during the next season and was then invited to the 2016 Lillehammer Youth Olympics, where he placed second in Slopestyle and fourth in Halfpipe.[8] At the end of the 2025 season, Hall had accumulated 16 World Cup podiums, including 10 first places, 2 Crystal Globes, and 2 World Championship bronze medals.[9] Hall developed his early competitive acumen during the Swisscom Freeski Tour, as well as the U.S. Revolution Tour, experiencing an important break-out moment during the 2015 Dumont Cup (USA) by placing seventh in this Slopestyle event organized by the Association of Freeskiing Professionals (AFP). Hall became a member of the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team at age 17, first joining the Development (Rookie) team before being promoted a year later to the Pro team. He placed sixteenth in Slopestyle at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, and first in Slopestyle and eighth in Big Air at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.[10][11] On February 10, 2026, Hall won silver in slopestyle skiing during the 2026 Winter Olympics, finishing with a score of 85.75 in the final.[12] Hall currently rides for Samsung, Moncler, Rao's, Faction Skis, Monster Energy, Dalbello, Look Bindings, and Wells Lamont.

Personal life

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Hall credits much of his rising enthusiasm for the sport to attending Zurich’s annual freestyle.ch ski event with friends and older brother, Aldo, a snowboarder who also served as his first videographer while helping him secure initial sponsors that included Surface Skis, Panda Poles, Shred Optics, and Slytech.[13][14] His parents, Elena Conti (an Italian citizen from Bologna) and Marcus Hall (a U.S. citizen from Salt Lake City) are both professors at the University of Zurich.[15] When interviewed by USA Today in 2022, Alex Hall noted that he holds both Italian and U.S. passports, and once even talked "with Italian coaches about potentially competing for them" but that after moving to Park City at 16 he quickly realized he wanted to ski for the U.S.[16] Alex Hall’s multi-country background means that beyond English, he speaks fluent German and Swiss German, and intermediate French and Italian.[17] As a middle schooler at the Inter-Community School Zurich,[18] Hall was voted Most Valuable basketball player, and also played as a football goalkeeper for the youth division of Grasshopper Club Zürich.[19] Off the slopes, Alex Hall relaxes by surfing, golfing, tennis, fly fishing, and occasionally ceramics. By taking most of his college classes online, Hall was in 2026 a senior at the University of Utah, pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Environmental & Sustainability Studies.[20][21][22]

FIS World Cup Record

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World Cup Crystal Globes

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Alex Hall with Crystal Globe for Slopestyle FIS Freeski World Cup in Tignes France, 2025
Season Discipline
2023–24 Big Air
2024–25 Slopestyle

World Cup Podiums

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Season Podiums
Slopestyle Big Air Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Σ
201811
2019112
202022
202111
2022112
202311
20241124
2025213
Total 6134216[23]

World Cup Victories

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Date Place Country Discipline
March 3, 2018Silvaplana SwitzerlandSS
January 12, 2019Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via FranceSS
November 3, 2019Modena ItalyBA
December 21, 2019Atlanta United StatesBA
January 9, 2022Mammoth Mountain United StatesSS
December 2, 2023Beijing ChinaBA
February 3, 2024Mammoth Mountain United StatesSS
March 15, 2024Tignes FranceBA
February 1, 2025Aspen United StatesSS
March 14, 2025Tignes FranceSS

Legend:
SS = Slopestyle
BA = Big air

Films and Filming

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A Hall has taken center stage in a wide collection of ski films and magazines, including helping found the ski film brand Magma with fellow U.S. Ski Team member Hunter Hess and filmer Owen Dahlberg.[24][25]

Other Accolades

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References

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  1. ↑ "Alexander Hall". olympics.com. Retrieved May 9, 2026.
  2. ↑ Branch, John (February 15, 2022). "Americans take gold and silver in men's slopestyle skiing". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 9, 2026.
  3. ↑ Keefer, Zak (February 13, 2026). "Alex Hall relinquishes Olympic freeski slopestyle title but silver makes him proud". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 9, 2026.
  4. ↑ Gregory, Sean (February 6, 2026). "'I'm Up for It.' Alex Hall Is Ready to Be an Olympics Leading Man". TIME. Retrieved May 9, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Alex Hall Athlete Profile for X Games Aspen 2025". X Games. Retrieved May 26, 2025.
  6. ↑ Genske, Tim. "2026 Winter Olympic Hopeful: US Freestyle Skier Alex Hall". Forbes. Retrieved May 9, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Hall Silver at Olympic Slopestyle". www.usskiandsnowboard.org. Retrieved May 9, 2026.
  8. ↑ Olympics (February 19, 2016). Ski Slopestyle - Birk Ruud (NOR) wins Men's gold | Lillehammer 2016 Youth Olympic Games. Retrieved May 27, 2025 – via YouTube.
  9. ↑ Federation, International Ski and Snowboard. "FIS | Alex HALL - Athlete Biography - Freestyle". www.fis-ski.com. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Alex Hall". www.teamusa.com. January 20, 2025. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Athlete profile – Alex Hall". PyeongChang2018.com. PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on April 21, 2018. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  12. ↑ Bumbaca, Chris (February 10, 2026). "USA's Alex Hall wins silver medal in slopestyle skiing at Olympics". USA Today. Retrieved February 10, 2026.
  13. ↑ "Skier Exposure: Alex Hall | 2014". Newschoolers.com. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
  14. ↑ Hall, Alex (September 22, 2025). "Ahead of Milano Cortina 2026, Freestyle Skier Alex Hall Carves Up the Streets With Angelina Kendall". Vogue. Retrieved May 9, 2026.
  15. ↑ Fontela, Jonah (February 14, 2022). "USA freeski sensation Alex Hall puts the style in slopestyle". www.olympics.com. Archived from the original on February 14, 2022. Retrieved May 29, 2025.
  16. ↑ Sports, USA TODAY. "Winter Olympics recap: Jessie Diggins misses out on skiing history; US men's hockey team eliminated". USA TODAY. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  17. ↑ KSDK News (January 28, 2022). 2022 Winter Olympics: Slopestyle skier Alex Hall serves as team's unofficial Alps tour guide. Retrieved May 28, 2025 – via YouTube.
  18. ↑ "ICS Alumnus Alex Hall at 2018 Winter Olympics". www.icsz.ch. February 8, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2026.
  19. ↑ Carrel, Robin (February 10, 2026). "Ehemaliger GC-Junior schlägt Ragettli und holt Olympia-Silber" [Former GC-Youth beats Ragetti and gets Olympia silver] (in Swiss High German). 20 Minuten. Retrieved February 11, 2026.
  20. ↑ Futterman, Matthew (April 3, 2025). "Alex Hall, U.S. slopestyle skiing star, on the style that makes him a fan favorite". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 9, 2026.
  21. ↑ Goh, Amanda. "I'm a 2-time Olympic freeski medalist. I don't drink coffee or scroll between runs". Business Insider. Retrieved May 9, 2026.
  22. ↑ "U Student Olympic Athletes Representing CSBS in the 2026 Winter Olympics (Part 2) - College of Social and Behavioral Science - The University of Utah". csbs.utah.edu. Retrieved May 9, 2026.
  23. ↑ Federation, International Ski and Snowboard. "FIS | Alex HALL - Athlete Biography - Freestyle". www.fis-ski.com. Retrieved May 29, 2025.
  24. ↑ "Browser Ski Magazine | Print Magazine & Curated Ski Content | Videos | Articles | Community". Browser Magazine. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  25. ↑ "SWISS Magazine November 2017 - BANGKOK". Issuu. November 2, 2017. Retrieved May 29, 2025.
  26. ↑ Daily, Antonio Olivero The Summit (February 12, 2020). "Parkite Alex Hall won a gold and silver medal this past weekend on the Dew Tour at Copper Mountain". Park Record. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  27. ↑ Farrell, Brendan (December 21, 2021). "Colby Stevenson, Alex Hall take top 2 spots in slopestyle at Dew Tour". Park Record. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  28. ↑ "The 2020 Newschoolers Awards Presented By Toyota". Newschoolers.com. Retrieved May 29, 2025.
  29. ↑ "Newschoolers Awards 2022 - And the winners are..." Newschoolers.com. Retrieved May 29, 2025.
  30. ↑ "Newschoolers Awards 2026 | Skier Of The Year (M) | The winner is..." Newschoolers.com. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
  31. ↑ Tomasic, Megan (January 12, 2020). "Pro, amateur skiers take to rails, ramps in Seven Springs competition". TribLIVE.com. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  32. ↑ "The 2022 ESPYS Nominees". ESPN Press Room U.S. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
  33. ↑ "Alex Hall - 2022-11-14 - 2023 30 Under 30: Sports". Forbes. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
  34. ↑ "U.S. Ski & Snowboard Announces 2025 Congress Awards Winners". U.S. Ski & Snowboard. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
  35. ↑ "Dew Tour Team Event - Jib Results". Newschoolers.com. Retrieved May 29, 2025.
  36. ↑ "Dew Tour 2018 – Faction Skis". factionskis.com. Retrieved May 29, 2025.
  37. ↑ Daily, Antonio Olivero The Summit (February 12, 2020). "Parkite Alex Hall won a gold and silver medal this past weekend on the Dew Tour at Copper Mountain". Park Record. Retrieved May 9, 2026.
  38. ↑ "Faction team wins big in North America – Faction Skis". factionskis.com. Retrieved May 29, 2025.
  39. ↑ Farrell, Brendan (December 21, 2021). "Colby Stevenson, Alex Hall take top 2 spots in slopestyle at Dew Tour". Park Record. Retrieved May 9, 2026.
  40. ↑ "Stevenson First, Hall Third at Dew Tour Streetstyle". U.S. Ski & Snowboard. Retrieved May 29, 2025.
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