U.S. Olympian Heptathlete Anna Hall Makes Her SI Swimsuit Debut

Blake Silverman | May 13, 2025

Hall reacts after a successful jump in the heptathlon high jump during the 2024 Paris Olympics. / Andrew Nelles / USA TODAY NETWORK

Track and field star Anna Hall makes her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit debut in the 2025 issue, available to order now and on newsstands May 17. Hall, who is the second-highest scoring American heptathlete of all time, was a member of Team USA in Paris and is a two-time medalist at the world championships, recording a silver in Budapest in 2023 and a bronze in Eugene in '22.

She won the heptathlon at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials, which secured her spot on Team USA. She placed fifth in Paris, narrowly missing a spot on the podium after recovering from knee surgery in January 2024.

"The Olympics was very bittersweet," Hall told SI Swimsuit during her shoot in Boca Raton, Fla., where she was photographed by Ben Horton. "For one, it was my first one so I was just thankful to be there. It was a lifelong dream that came true so that's something that I will always remember."

The Denver native's path to the Games had been a rocky one. Hall broke her foot after colliding into a hurdle during the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials and missed the Tokyo Games. Then knee surgery nearly derailed her journey to Paris.

"Not knowing what would happen, if I'd even be in Paris and then getting there and still holding onto the hope that we can still do this, not shooting for anything less than gold," she continued. "At no point was I going to concede and say 'We can't do it.' And to ultimately fall a little bit short hurt a lot. I'm hoping it's going to be that moment in my career that fuels a fire under me ahead of L.A. And it's going to be that moment where God says 'Not yet, but soon.'"

The U.S. Olympian began her collegiate career at the University of Georgia, then transferred to the University of Florida in the fall of 2021. Hall won the NCAA indoor pentathlon and outdoor heptathlon titles during the 2022 season as the Gators won both national team championships. She turned pro in August 2022, signing a contract with Adidas. She started running track as a 7-year-old, when her father finally let her try her hand at the sport after she had watched her older sisters compete.

Through her SI Swimsuit debut, she wants people to take away that being strong is powerful and to see her for herself.

"One thing I always hope to do, whether it's sports, pictures, is I just hope that I radiate through whatever is being put out, so I just hope they see me," Hall said.

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