Name: James Hall
Sport: Shooting
Discipline(s): Pistol Shooting
Event(s): 10-meter Air Pistol, Mixed Team 10-meter Air Pistol
Height: 6-0
Weight: 200
DOB: 11/18/1983
Birthplace: Alabaster, Ala.
Hometown: Anniston, Ala.
College: Jacksonville State University (Jacksonville, Ala.) '06, Pre-Engineering and Computer Integrated Engineering System
Team/Club: Civilian Marksmanship Program
Olympic Experience
  • One-time Olympian (2020)
  • Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, 10th (10-meter air pistol, 10-meter air pistol mixed team)
World Championship Experience
  • Most recent: 2018 – 45th, (10 air pistol mixed team), 47th (25-meter standard pistol), 61st (50-meter pistol), 87th (10 air pistol)
  • Years of participation: 2018
  • Top Finish: 2018 – 45th (10 air pistol mixed team)
Other Career Highlights
  • 2018 Championship of the Americas, gold (air pistol)
  • 2016 national championships, bronze (air pistol, free pistol)
  • Four-time NCAA All-American
Personal: Started shooting at a local 4-H club where his mom was his first coach...Member of the Jacksonville State University Rifle team and lead them to an NCAA Smallbore National Championship in 2005...After a successful NCAA career spent several years involved in coaching before picking up pistol shooting as an athlete...First athlete from Jacksonville State University to represent the United States at the Olympics...Hobbies include shooting, riding motorcycles and spending time at home with his daughter Rylee and newborn son...Director of Development of Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP) for 10m air rifle, 10m air pistol, and sport pistol