2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in Stuttgart, Whitlock recovered from an early mistake to win his third world gold on pommel horse. 2021 Whitlock competed at the European Championships in Basel, Switzerland. At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Whitlock competed for Great Britain. The team took fourth place with a score of 255.76. Whitlock opted not to defend the floor exercise title, concentrating instead on the pommel horse. He went on to win the Olympic gold medal on the pommel horse with a score of 15.583. The win gave him two Olympic titles and three World titles, and he became the most successful gymnast ever on pommel horse. Awards and honours In 2015 Whitlock received the Prize for Elegance at the 2015 World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. In, 2019 he was named British Gymnastics Most Outstanding Athlete of the Year. Whitlock was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to gymnastics and Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours, also for services to gymnastics. In February 2021 Whitlock was announced as an ambassador for the 2022 World Championships in Liverpool, England. Competitive history References External links Max Whitlock at British Gymnastics 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Hemel Hempstead Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England British male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2012 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts of Great Britain Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Gymnasts at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Gymnasts at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in gymnastics World champion gymnasts Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Officers of the Order of the British Empire Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games