Nile Wilson | ||||||||||
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Full name | Nile Michael Wilson | |||||||||
Nickname(s) | Wilsonator All round Legend | |||||||||
Country represented | Great Britain England | |||||||||
Born | Leeds, West Yorkshire, England | 17 January 1996|||||||||
Hometown | Pudsey, Leeds | |||||||||
Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||
Level | Senior international elite | |||||||||
Years on national team | 2012–2020 (GBR) | |||||||||
Club | Leeds Gymnastics Club | |||||||||
Retired | 14 January 2021 | |||||||||
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Years active | 2009–present | |||||||||
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Subscribers | 1,620,000+[1] | |||||||||
Total views | 426 million+[1] | |||||||||
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Last updated: 29 September 2024 |
Nile Michael Wilson (born 17 January 1996)[2] is a former British artistic gymnast. He 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. A five-time Commonwealth Games champion, he won the all-around title in 2018, and is a former European horizontal bar champion, the first Briton to win the title.[3] In January 2021, Wilson announced his retirement from competitive gymnastics due to injuries and mental health concerns.[4] In March 2023, he won the fifteenth series of Dancing on Ice with dance partner Olivia Smart.[5]