Famous Athletes and Public Figures Who Use Altitude Rooms

Altitude rooms, altitude chambers and altitude tents have moved well beyond specialist sports labs. Olympic champions, world champions, professional cyclists, runners, swimmers and even major entertainers have publicly discussed using simulated altitude at home or as part of their training environment.

Important: the people below are included because their use of an altitude room, chamber or sleeping system has been publicly documented. Inclusion does not mean they use, endorse or are affiliated with Box Altitude unless explicitly stated elsewhere.

If you are researching the technology itself, see our Altitude Rooms & Hypoxic Rooms guide, Altitude Bedroom System or Sleep Cloud altitude tent.

Famous athletes and public figures with altitude rooms or chambers at home

Josh Kerr — middle-distance running

In 2026, Runner’s World reported that Josh Kerr had converted his bedroom in Albuquerque into a high-altitude chamber and was spending roughly 12 hours a day inside it while pursuing the mile world record. His bedroom environment reportedly simulated roughly 8,000-plus feet while Albuquerque itself already sits at moderate natural altitude.

Source: Runner’s World.

Remco Evenepoel — professional cycling

In April 2023, Cyclingnews reported that Remco Evenepoel was heading to a hotel in Spain with hypoxic rooms for simulated altitude before the Giro d’Italia. In October 2022 the same outlet had reported that he was looking at installing an altitude room in his new apartment in Spain.

Sources: Cyclingnews, April 2023 and Cyclingnews, October 2022.

Diplo — music and fitness

Men’s Health reported in July 2026 that Diplo had engineers build an altitude chamber at his Malibu home large enough to fit his Peloton, allowing him to ride in a simulated high-altitude environment. His inclusion is notable because it shows the technology moving outside elite endurance sport into broader high-performance and wellness culture.

Source: Men’s Health.

Dan Browne — distance running

During Nike’s Oregon Project era, distance runner Dan Browne was publicly documented sleeping in a hypoxic bedroom for about nine hours a day as part of a live-high, train-low programme.

Source: Voice of America.

Alison Dunlap — mountain biking

WIRED reported that world mountain-bike champion Alison Dunlap slept in an altitude room for weeks before the 2000 Olympic Games. Her experience is also a useful reminder that individual responses to altitude vary and that more exposure is not always better.

Source: WIRED.

Famous athletes who have used altitude tents or sleeping chambers

Michael Phelps — swimming

Michael Phelps publicly discussed sleeping in an altitude chamber during his preparation for the London Olympics. CBS reported that the system enclosed his bed and simulated oxygen conditions equivalent to roughly 8,500–9,000 feet.

Source: CBS News.

Sir Mo Farah — distance running

In 2016 The Telegraph reported that Mo Farah slept in an “oxygen tent” as part of his training, alongside running up to 120 miles a week and moving between climates and altitudes.

Source: The Telegraph, via Gulf News.

Alistair Brownlee — triathlon

In a September 2026 interview on That Triathlon Show, two-time Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee said he spent much of his career sleeping in an altitude tent, using it in set periods such as the lead-up to big races and between altitude camps.

Source: That Triathlon Show.

Kenrick Monk — swimming

Australian swimmer Kenrick Monk used an altitude tent over his bed in Sydney as part of his Olympic preparation. Contemporary reporting described the tent as a way of bringing altitude exposure into his home rather than travelling away for an altitude camp.

Source: Fox Sports.

Colin O’Brady — endurance and mountaineering

Guinness World Records reported that endurance athlete and mountaineer Colin O’Brady was sleeping in an altitude chamber while preparing for a high-altitude record attempt involving the highest points in all 50 US states.

Source: Guinness World Records.

Why are so many elite athletes bringing altitude home?

The practical attraction is simple: a home altitude room or sleeping system allows repeated exposure without requiring every altitude block to involve travel, accommodation and weeks away from normal training infrastructure.

For endurance athletes, this can fit a live-high, train-low model: accumulate altitude exposure during sleep or recovery while completing key training sessions at normal oxygen availability.

Whole-room systems add another advantage: they remove the physical tent enclosure from around the bed. That is one reason altitude bedrooms are becoming more visible among professional cyclists and runners.

Altitude room, altitude chamber or altitude tent?

The terminology is often used loosely:

• Altitude room / hypoxic room: the whole room is maintained at reduced oxygen.
• Altitude bedroom: a whole-room system specifically designed for sleeping.
• Altitude chamber: can refer to a whole room or enclosed controlled environment; some chambers are normobaric and others hypobaric.
• Altitude tent: a smaller hypoxic enclosure around the bed.

For a direct comparison, see Altitude Bedroom vs Altitude Tent.

Does using an altitude room guarantee better performance?

No. Public use by elite athletes is evidence that altitude technology is part of modern high-performance sport, but it is not proof that any individual will receive the same physiological or performance response. Training load, iron status, sleep, total altitude exposure, genetics and programme design all matter.

For the underlying evidence, see our Altitude Sleep Studies and Does Altitude Training Actually Work?.

Want an altitude room at home?

Box Altitude builds whole-room systems for suitable bedrooms and training spaces. In Australia, the Altitude Bedroom System currently starts from AU$10,900 for a suitable sleeping space requiring one F20 generator.

If a whole-room system is not practical, the Sleep Cloud creates a dedicated altitude sleeping environment around the bed.

Use the Altitude Room Calculator or contact Box Altitude with your room dimensions and intended use.

This article is based on publicly available media reporting. It is intended as an editorial catalogue of documented altitude-system use. It does not imply endorsement of Box Altitude by any person listed unless an explicit relationship is separately documented.