The 2026 Winter Olympics are taking place in Milan, Italy, and Alpine skier Alex Hall secured the silver medal in the freeski slopestyle final on Tuesday, February 10. So, who is Alex Hall and what are his family details?
Tuesday was a big day for the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, with nine medals being given out one day alone. On the slopes, U.S. star Mikaela Shiffrin unfortunately finished without a medal in the women’s Alpine skiing team, even though partner Breezy Johnson went fastest in this morning’s downhill. So, Hall has been a bright spot in Day four.
So, who are the people behind Alex Hall? Meet his parents and family with these fun facts.
Alex Hall Grew Up in Switzerland and Began Skiing at a Young Age With the Support of His Family
Hall grew up in the Zurich area, and he started skiing at a young age. But, there weren’t a lot of good spots to ski where he was growing up.
“Hall, his older brother Aldo—a snowboarder—and their buddies needed a place to craft their tricks,” Time magazine notes in a Friday, February 6 feature on him. “So, with the blessing of his father Marcus, a professor in the evolutionary biology and environment studies department at the University of Zurich, and mother Elena Conti, an evolutionary biology professor at the school who until recently ran its botanical garden, Hall built one in his own backyard, out of anything he could find, really.”
His Parents Were Professors and Always Supportive of His Love for the Slopes
Hall, born in 1998, is the son of Elena Conti, an Italian from Bologna, and Marcus Hall, a U.S. citizen from Salt Lake City, according to a report from Forbes. Both of his parents were professors at the University of Zurich in Switzerland. He’s also fluent in German, according to Forbes research.
He Does Look Back, Especially When It Comes to His Gold Medals
Hall won the silver medal at the 2026 Olympics on day four, but he has plenty of gold ones at home. Still, he doesn’t stare at them all day. He, according to Time magazine, keeps his gold medal safely in a sock drawer in his Salt Lake City home.
“I haven’t looked at it in a long time,” he told the publication about his medal status as he was training for the Winter Olympics in Oregon. It’s in there somewhere.”
He Made History at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics With His ‘Creative Approach’ to the Sport
“Hall’s gold medal–winning slopestyle run at Beijing 2022 is emblematic of who he is as a skier,” the Olympics state on their official website. “On his first run down the course, Hall took a creative approach, choosing a unique mid-run jump line that none of the other 31 competitors even considered, tricking on and off the knuckle in the wave section of the second jump.”
They add, “On the final jump, he debuted a new trick, a right double-cork 1080 bring back, a stylish and technically demanding spin that encapsulated his approach to skiing, prioritizing creativity and style above all else. The run earned him the top score and the Olympic gold medal.”
It’s Important to Him to Be Different
“What I really love to do is try to approach the sport in a different way and make it fun for the viewers,” Hall told the Olympics’ official website in an interview.
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