Gary Hall Sr.
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Gary Wayne Hall Sr. (born August 7, 1951) is an American former competitive swimmer, three-time Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder in five events. He is also a former ophthalmologist.
Background
Hall attended
Hall first represented the United States in the
Hall made it a point to vigorously exercise in the swimming pool after daily med school classes. His wife, the former Mary Keating, being from a swimming family, understood his love of the water.
At the
Ophthalmologist career
Hall graduated from the
History of malpractice in ophthalmology
In January 1996, Hall was ordered by the Arizona Medical Board to spend three years on probation and to pay the board $10,000 to cover the costs of an investigation, the details of which are no longer on the board's site. In October 1999, he was placed on probation for three more years and was censured for unprofessional conduct, permanently prohibited from performing certain procedures, forced to take additional educational courses, and pay a penalty of $15,000. In April 2005, the Arizona Medical Board placed Hall on probation for another five years, with the demand that he never perform surgery again.
In October 2009, after being found in violation of the Arizona Medical Board's demands, the board stripped Hall of his medical license. The Board found that Hall had been guilty of unprofessional conduct, negligence, and incompetence in his practice. [6]
A 1998 article from the Phoenix New Times indicated that Hall had 121 complaints lodged against him to the Arizona Medical Board since he began practicing in 1982. It is unknown how many complaints he had accumulated by 2009 when his license was finally revoked. [7]
An article from the Los Angeles Times said that as of June 2000, Hall had paid over $5.3 million in medical malpractice claims and was listed 27 times in the federal database for medical malpractice. [8]
International Swimming Hall of Fame
In 1981, Hall was inducted into the
His son Gary Hall Jr. became a famous Olympic swimmer as well, starting in the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games, getting various gold medals at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. With his son's participation at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece, the Halls became the first father-and-son pair to make three Olympic appearances.
Swimming camps
Gary Hall Sr. currently lives in San Diego and operates
The Race Club provides facilities, swimming techniques coaching, swimming training programs, technical instruction, swimming technique videos, fitness and health programs for swimmers of all ages and abilities. The club's summer swim camps are designed and tailored to satisfy each swimmer's needs, whether one is trying to reach the Olympic Games or simply improve one's swimming techniques or fitness level. The swimming camps programs are suitable for beginner swimmers, pleasure swimmers, fitness swimmers, USA swimming or YMCA swimmers, or triathletes; anyone who wants to improve swimming skills.[11]
See also
Olympics portal
- List of Indiana University (Bloomington) people
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- World record progression 200 metres backstroke
- World record progression 200 metres butterfly
- World record progression 200 metres individual medley
- World record progression 400 metres individual medley
- World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
References
- ^ a b Gary Hall Sr.. sportsillustrated.cnn.com
- ^ "- Swimming World News". Archived from the original on August 25, 2012.
- ^ Indiana Hoosiers Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. (PDF) . cstv.com.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gary Hall". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on May 24, 2010.
- ^ Anonymous. "Gary Hall, MD". wellness.com.
- ^ William Heisel. "Doctors Behaving Badly".
- ^ CHRIS FARNSWORTH. "The BOMEX Files".
- ^ L.A. TIMES ARCHIVES (June 30, 2000). "Access Sought to Secret List of Sanctioned Doctors Files". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "Gary Hall Sr". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
- ^ "The World Team". The Race Club.
- ^ "Swim Camps – The Race Club – Swimming Technique, Swimming Training Program, Florida Swim Camps, Summer Swim Camps". The Race Club.
External links
- The Race Club – Official website
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