Nile Wilson

Nile Wilson
Personal information
Full nameNile Michael Wilson
Nickname(s)Wilsonator All round Legend
Country represented Great Britain
 England
Born (1996-01-17) 17 January 1996 (age 28)
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
HometownPudsey, Leeds
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior international elite
Years on national team2012–2020 (GBR)
ClubLeeds Gymnastics Club
Retired14 January 2021
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2009–present
Genres
Subscribers1,620,000+[1]
Total views426 million+[1]
100,000 subscribers2017
1,000,000 subscribers2018

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]

  1. ^ a b "About YouTube channel". YouTube.
  2. ^ "Nile Wilson profile". British gymnastics. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  3. ^ "GB Men Win Historic Silver at World Championships". BBC Sport. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  4. ^ "I've Retired from Gymnastics..." YouTube. 14 January 2021.
  5. ^ "ITV Dancing on Ice fans share same complaint over 2023 final as winner crowned". Manchester Evening News. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.