28 Facts About Nile Wilson

Nile Michael Wilson was born on 17 January 1996 and is a former British artistic gymnast.

Nile Wilson won an Olympic bronze medal in the men's horizontal bar at the 2016 Summer Olympics; he was a world medallist as a member of the silver-medal winning British team at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, the first world men's team medal in British gymnastics history.

In January 2021, Wilson announced his retirement from competitive gymnastics due to injuries and mental health concerns.

Nile Wilson was born 17 January 1996 in Leeds to Sally and Neil Nile Wilson and is the great nephew of Duncan Fearnley.

Nile Wilson attended 'Farsley Farfield' Primary School and Pudsey Grangefield School.

Nile Wilson was crowned British Junior Champion in March 2014 and received the Young Sportsman male award at the Leeds Sports Awards.

Nile Wilson competed at the 2014 European Championships in Sofia in May, winning five gold medals to become the first British gymnast ever to win five gold medals at the European Junior Gymnastics Championships.

Nile Wilson was then selected to compete for the England Commonwealth Games team, graduating to senior level.

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Nile Wilson contributed a score of 86.607 for the England team to win the Team Gold and qualify second for the Individual all-around final, behind teammate Max Whitlock.

Nile Wilson then won a bronze medal in the all-around final with a score of 87.965.

Nile Wilson won silver in the Parallel bars final with a score of 15.433 behind Scottish gymnast Daniel Purvis.

Nile Wilson took his first individual Commonwealth gold in the Horizontal Bar final with a score of 14.966.

Nile Wilson competed at the 2015 Gymnastics World Championships in Glasgow.

Nile Wilson placed tenth all around in qualification with 88.365, but did not advance due to the two per country rule.

Nile Wilson competed on three apparatus in the team final: Still Rings, Parallel Bars and Horizontal bar, contributing to the team silver medal.

Nile Wilson struggled in the competition, receiving execution scores below eight on three apparatuses.

Nile Wilson did receive the third highest score on parallel bars, scoring 15.266.

Nile Wilson came fifth overall with a score of 84.131.

On 12 July 2016, Nile Wilson was named to the 2016 Olympic team along with Louis Smith, Max Whitlock, Kristian Thomas and Brinn Bevan.

At the 2016 Olympics, Nile Wilson became the first British gymnast to win the bronze medal on the horizontal bar, with a score of 15.466.

In January 2017, Nile Wilson suffered an injury to his left ankle ligament while training, which required surgery.

Nile Wilson recovered in time to compete in the 2017 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships where he finished sixth in the all around final.

In 2018, Nile Wilson was selected to represent England and compete at the Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia.

Nile Wilson added a third gold on the horizontal bar, and won silver on the rings and on the parallel bars.

Nile Wilson underwent surgery on his neck in February 2019 to fix a bulging disc that was causing arm pain, and as a result, he missed a number of competitions that year, including the Birmingham World Cup and European Championships.

On 14 January 2021, Nile Wilson uploaded a video entitled "I've Retired from Gymnastics" to his YouTube channel, in which he announced his official retirement from competitive gymnastics.

In September 2022, Nile Wilson gave a TED Talk about mental health impacts on professional athletes.

Nile Wilson informed BBC Sport that he waited until after his retirement to raise these allegations as he feared he would face professional consequences, including deselection from the British Olympic team, if he spoke up whilst continuing to work as a professional gymnast.