Max Whitlock

Max Whitlock
OBE
Whitlock in 2012
Personal information
Full nameMax Antony Whitlock[1]
Nickname(s)Maxi
Born (1993-01-13) 13 January 1993
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)[1]
SpouseLeah Hickton (m. 2017)[2]
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
  • Great Britain
  • England

(2010–2024)
ClubSouth Essex Gymnastics Club
Head coach(es)Scott Hann
Retired3 August 2024[3]
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 3 0 3
World Championships 3 5 0
European Championships 4 3 1
Commonwealth Games 4 4 2
Total 14 12 6
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Floor exercise
2016 Rio de Janeiro Pommel horse
2020 Tokyo Pommel horse
2012 London Team
2012 London Pommel horse
2016 Rio de Janeiro All-around
World Championships
2015 Glasgow Pommel horse
2017 Montreal Pommel horse
2019 Stuttgart Pommel horse
2013 Antwerp Pommel horse
2014 Nanning All-around
2015 Glasgow Team
2015 Glasgow Floor exercise
2018 Doha Pommel horse
European Championships
2012 Montpellier Team
2013 Moscow Floor exercise
2014 Sofia Pommel horse
2019 Szczecin Pommel horse
2013 Moscow All-around
2014 Sofia Team
2018 Glasgow Team
2013 Moscow Pommel horse
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
2014 Glasgow Team
2014 Glasgow All-around
2014 Glasgow Floor exercise
2018 Gold Coast Team
2010 Delhi Team
2010 Delhi Pommel horse
2014 Glasgow Pommel horse
2018 Gold Coast Pommel horse
2010 Delhi Horizontal bar
2014 Glasgow Parallel bars
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
All-Around World Cup 1 0 0
World Cup 0 1 0
World Challenge Cup 0 1 1
Total 1 2 1
AwardsLongines Prize for Elegance (2015)

Max Antony Whitlock (born 13 January 1993) is an English artistic gymnast. With fourteen medals and six titles in Olympic and World Championships, Whitlock is the most successful gymnast in British history.[4] He is also the most successful pommel horse worker in Olympic Games history, with two gold medals and one bronze.[5]

Whitlock is a six-time Olympic medallist (all-around, team, floor exercise and three times on his signature piece, pommel horse), winning three golds and three bronzes, and a five-time world medallist on the pommel horse with three gold and two silvers. He became Great Britain's first-ever Olympic gold medallist in artistic gymnastics when he won both the floor exercise and pommel horse at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He is a four-time European champion and a four-time Commonwealth Games champion representing England.

  1. ^ a b "Whitlock, Max (GBR)". International Gymnastics Federation. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  2. ^ Bregman, Scott (11 September 2021). "Inspired by his daughter, Max Whitlock looks toward Paris 2024". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Max Whitlock OBE confirms end of incredible gymnastics journey". British Gymnastics. 3 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Max Whitlock MBE". Team England. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
    Ward, Tom (12 September 2023). "The Comeback Kid". Team England. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
    Gunston, Jo (4 October 2023). "Max Whitlock on coming full circle at the same arena he made his Worlds debut a decade ago". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  5. ^ Clargo, Bethan (1 August 2021). "Olympics 2020: Max Whitlock defends pommel horse title". ESPN. Retrieved 21 March 2024.