Max Whitlock

Max Whitlock
OBE
Whitlock in 2012
Personal information
Full nameMax Antony Whitlock
Nickname(s)Maxi
Born (1993-01-13) 13 January 1993
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
SpouseLeah Hickton (m. 2017)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
 Great Britain
 England
(2010–2024 (GBR))
ClubSouth Essex Gymnastics Club
Head coach(es)Scott Hann
Retired3 August 2024
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 JaneiroFloor exercise
2016 Rio de JaneiroPommel horse
2020 TokyoPommel horse
2012 LondonTeam
2012 LondonPommel horse
2016 Rio de JaneiroAll-around
World Championships
2015 GlasgowPommel horse
2017 MontrealPommel horse
2019 StuttgartPommel horse
2013 AntwerpPommel horse
2014 NanningAll-around
2015 GlasgowTeam
2015 GlasgowFloor exercise
2018 DohaPommel horse
European Championships
2012 MontpellierTeam
2013 MoscowFloor exercise
2014 SofiaPommel horse
2019 SzczecinPommel horse
2013 MoscowAll-around
2014 SofiaTeam
2018 GlasgowTeam
2013 MoscowPommel horse
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
2014 GlasgowTeam
2014 GlasgowAll-around
2014 GlasgowFloor exercise
2018 Gold CoastTeam
2010 DelhiTeam
2010 DelhiPommel horse
2014 GlasgowPommel horse
2018 Gold CoastPommel horse
2010 DelhiHorizontal bar
2014 GlasgowParallel 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. He is also the most successful pommel horse worker in Olympic Games history, with two gold medals and one bronze.

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.