Luke Whitehouse

Luke Whitehouse (born 2002)[2] is a British gymnast. He is English [3] British [4] and European Floor Champion. Won gold for the floor exercise and was part of the Great Britain team who won Team bronze at the 2023 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships.[5][6][7][8]

Luke Whitehouse
Whitehouse competing on rings at the 2019 Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Personal information
Country represented Great Britain
Born2002 (age 20–21)
Halifax
HometownHalifax
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Years on national team2019 to present
ClubLeeds Gymnastics Club[1]
Head coach(es)Andy Butcher
David Murray
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 AntalyaFloor exercise
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Apparatus World Cup 0 0 1

He won bronze on Floor at the FIG World Cup, Doha-Qatar March, 2023 [9]

In June 2021 at the FIG World Challenge Cup, Osijek, Croatia in qualifying for the Floor final he became the first British gymnast to complete a triple back somersault in competition. [10][11]

At the English Championships in 2023 was gold medallist on Parallel Bars and on Floor,[3] defending his title won in 2022.[12] He won silver on vault [3] following a bronze on the apparatus in 2022.[12] All Round in 2022 he won bronze.[13]

As a Junior, Whitehouse represented Team GB at the 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival in Baku, Azerbaijan.[14] He also competed at the inaugural 2019 Junior World Championships in Gyor, Hungary.


References
  1. "WHITEHOUSE Luke - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  2. "10th European Artistic Gymnastics Championships Results Book" (PDF). European Gymnastics. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  3. "2023 EG Championships MA Apparatus Results" (PDF). www.gymdata.co.uk. 2023-02-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Fabulous Final Day at Gymnastics British Championships". British-Gymnastics.org. 2023-03-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "'The best routine of my life' - Halifax's Luke Whitehouse wins European Gymnastics gold medal". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  6. "Who is Luke Whitehouse, Britain's new gymnastics champion?". Team GB. 2023-04-15. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
  7. "GB's Whitehouse wins European floor gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  8. "British men take team bronze at the European Championships". British-Gymnastics.org. 2023-04-11. Retrieved 2023-04-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. "2023 Doha World Cup Men's Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 2023-03-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. "DOBRO World Cup Osijek 2021" (PDF). Osijekgym.com. 2021-06-13. Retrieved 2021-06-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. "Twitter BritGymnastics". BritGymnastics Twitter Results and News. 2021-06-11. Retrieved 2021-06-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. "2022 EG Championships MAG Senior Apparatus Rankings". Gymdata. 2022-03-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. "2022 EG Championships MAG Senior Individual Rankings". Gymdata. 2022-03-12. Retrieved 2022-03-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. "Team GB announces selected athletes for the Baku 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival". TeamGB.com. 2019-07-11. Retrieved 2019-07-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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