Anna Hall is a competitor in every sense of the word.
At just 24 years old, she has earned two world championship heptathlon medals —a 2022 Bronze medal and a 2023 Silver medal— an appearance in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, two NCAA Division I titles with the University of Florida, and is a three-time U.S. National champion.
After so much dominance in the world of athletics, the track star is preparing to succeed in her next venture: Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit edition.
In a conversation with SI Swimsuit’s Bailey Colon, Hall spoke on what it means to love her body through all of her athletic prowess.
“My body changed a lot from track growing up. I was always just naturally slender, [I] had a hard time putting on muscle and I got really used to being skinny,” Hall said. “Then I got to college, and I realized that, to be good, I needed to put on a lot of muscle.”
Hall also noted that with this new reality of building muscle, it would have her stand out in a way that she needed to learn to become more comfortable with.
“There was definitely some growing pains in learning to be comfortable, just having a body that looks different,” Hall said.
Hall discussed the different people in her life that helped her with this change to not just feel comfortable, but to thrive with her changing shape.
“I really credit my coaches and my sisters [for] helping me with that,” Hall said. “[They were] constantly telling me, ‘No, your body is powerful,’ and [to] look around at all these other female athletes that I had as such great examples.”
Hall now joins a long list of notorious and powerful athletes who have graced the pages of the SI Swimsuit edition, including fellow track teammate Gabby Thomas.
The track star also spoke on what she wants people to take away from her photoshoot and the overall story of how she got to where she is today.
“I hope people take away that being strong is powerful and that I hope that they kind of like see me through them,” Hall stated. “One thing I always hope to do, whether in sports [or] pictures, is I just hope that I radiate through whatever is being put out, so I hope they see me.”
Hall has already achieved so much, but with so much left for her to conquer in the world of track and field, her future is extremely bright.
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