Max Antony Whitlock (born 13 January 1993) is a British artistic gymnast. With fourteen medals and six titles in Olympic and world championships, Whitlock is the most successful gymnast in his nation's history, and the most successful pommel horse worker in gymnastics history; he has 8 global medals in the apparatus, including 5 global gold medals (two Olympic gold, 3 World gold). He is a six-time Olympic medalist (all-round, team, floor exercise and three times on his signature piece, pommel horse), winning three golds and three bronzes, and a five time world medalist on the pommel horse with three gold and two silvers. 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. He is the only British gymnast to win gold medals at the World Championships, World Cup, European Championsships, Commonwealth Games and Olympic Games. Personal life Whitlock was born in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, on 13 January 1993. He 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. When he was twelve, his coach Klemen Bedenik returned to Slovenia, and Whitlock followed him to Maribor to continue training. He returned three months later and joined South Essex Gymnastics Club in Basildon, where he is currently coached by his brother-in-law Scott Hann. Whitlock's wife, Leah, has also worked as an artistic gymnastics coach at the South Essex Gymnastics Club. Whitlock attended Longdean School in Hemel Hempstead, a non-selective coeducational school within the state education system. Whitlock married Leah Hickton in July 2017. The following year, they set up the Max Whitlock Gymnastics Club with locations in Colchester and Southend. Their first child, a daughter named Willow, was born on 23 February 2019. In January 2020 Whitlock's book The Whitlock Workout: Get Fit and Healthy in Minutes was published by Headline. Senior career 2010 In April, Whitlock won gold on pommel horse and floor and was placed second all-around at the 2010 Junior European Championships held in Birmingham. In October, he was part of the team that won the silver medal for England in the gymnastics in the men's artistic all-around team event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. He also won the silver medal in the men's pommel horse and a bronze medal in the men's horizontal