Max Antony Whitlock was born on 13 January 1993 and is a British artistic gymnast.
43 Facts About Max Whitlock
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Max Whitlock is a six-time Olympic medalist, winning three golds and three bronzes, and a five time world medalist on the pommel horse with three gold and two silvers.
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Max Whitlock became the UK's first ever Olympic gold medalist in artistic gymnastics when he won both the men's floor and pommel horse exercises at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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Max Whitlock is the only British gymnast to win gold medals at the World Championships, World Cup, European Championships, Commonwealth Games and Olympic Games.
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Max Whitlock was born in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, on 13 January 1993.
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Max Whitlock was introduced to gymnastics by a friend from a swimming club when he was seven and joined the Sapphire School of Gymnastics in Hemel Hempstead.
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When he was twelve, his coach Klemen Bedenik returned to Slovenia, and Max Whitlock followed him to Maribor to continue training.
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Max Whitlock returned three months later and joined South Essex Gymnastics Club in Basildon, where he is currently coached by his brother-in-law Scott Hann.
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Max Whitlock attended Longdean School in Hemel Hempstead, a non-selective coeducational school within the state education system.
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Max Whitlock won the silver medal in the men's pommel horse and a bronze medal in the men's horizontal bar.
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Max Whitlock was an alternate for the British men's team at the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
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Max Whitlock was a member of Britain's gymnastics team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he helped the team claim a bronze medal at the team final on 30 July 2012 at the North Greenwich Arena.
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Max Whitlock claimed the bronze medal in the pommel event final, beating the 2011 world silver medallist, Cyril Tommasone, with a score of 15.600, with Hungary's Krisztian Berki taking gold with the same score as Whitlock's GB teammate Louis Smith, but winning the gold on account of a higher execution rating.
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Max Whitlock competed at the 2013 European Championships on 19 April 2013.
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Max Whitlock won a medal of each colour: a silver in the individual all-around competition, with a total score of 89.106 points behind Russian gold medalist David Belyavskiy; a gold medal in the floor exercise with 15.333; and a bronze medal in the pommel horse with 15.500.
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Max Whitlock competed at the World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, where he place second on pommel horse.
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In event finals, Max Whitlock won the gold medal in pommel horse ahead of 2012 Olympic champion Krisztian Berki.
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Max Whitlock won his third gold in the Men's Floor final with a score of 15.533.
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Max Whitlock took silver in the Pommel Horse final with a score of 15.966 and bronze in the parallel bars final.
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Max Whitlock was chosen to compete for Great Britain at 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Nanning, China.
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Max Whitlock did not qualify for any of the individual finals, including the All Around due to the two per country rule as he qualified behind teammates Daniel Purvis and Nile Wilson.
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Max Whitlock won the silver medal with a score of 90.473, just under a point and a half behind Kohei Uchimura who scored 91.965 to win his fifth World All-Around Championship.
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Max Whitlock won gold on pommel horse with a score of 16.4 but struggled significantly on the other events and did not compete on vault, his last event.
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Max Whitlock competed as part of the British men's team for the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.
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Max Whitlock posted the highest score on the pommel horse out of all the competitors - 16.100.
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Max Whitlock won the silver medal on floor behind world champion Kenzo Shirai, and later in the afternoon became the first British man ever to win a World Championship gold medal, with a score of 16.133 on the pommel horse.
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Max Whitlock competed at the Glasgow World Cup on 12 March 2016.
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Max Whitlock gained the highest scores of the competition on floor and pommel horse, and came second on vault and high bar.
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On 12 July 2016, Max Whitlock was selected for Great Britain's 2016 Olympic gymnastic team, along with Louis Smith, Nile Wilson, Kristian Thomas and Brinn Bevan.
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Max Whitlock won a bronze medal in the all-round gymnastics event, Great Britain's first in this Olympic event for 108 years.
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Max Whitlock later went on to win the gold in the individual floor exercise, becoming the first British gymnast to win an individual gold.
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At the 2017 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Montreal, Max Whitlock became the first British gymnast to successfully defend a world title when he took victory in the pommel horse.
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At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Max Whitlock was part of the team that won gold in the team event.
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At the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow, Max Whitlock won a silver as part of the team.
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At the 2018 World Championships in Doha, Qatar, Max Whitlock failed to win a third consecutive pommel gold at the World Championship, despite receiving the same score of 15.166 as the winner Xiao Ruoteng.
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Max Whitlock finished in second place due to a lower execution mark.
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At the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in Stuttgart, Max Whitlock recovered from an early mistake to win his third world gold on pommel horse.
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At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Max Whitlock competed for Great Britain.
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Max Whitlock opted not to defend the floor exercise title, concentrating instead on the pommel horse.
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Max Whitlock went on to win the Olympic gold medal on the pommel horse with a score of 15.583.
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In 2015 Max Whitlock received the Prize for Elegance at the 2015 World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.
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Max Whitlock was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to gymnastics and Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2022 New Year Honours, for services to gymnastics.
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In February 2021 Max Whitlock was announced as an ambassador for the 2022 World Championships in Liverpool, England.