Nile Wilson

Nile Wilsonn
— Gymnast ♂ —
Personal information
Country represented	Great Britain  England
Born	17 January 1996 Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Height	166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Club	City of Leeds Gym Club
Medal record Competitor for  Great Britain World Championships 2015 Glasgow Team Competitor for  England Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Team 2014 Glasgow Horizontal Bar 2014 Glasgow Parallel Bars 2014 Glasgow All-Around

Nile Wilson (born 17 January 1996 in Leeds)^[1] is a British artistic gymnast. He represented England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

The first British gymnast ever to win five gold medals at the European Junior Gymnastics Championships in 2014, he proceeded in the same year to win two Commonwealth Games gold medals, and four medals in total, on his senior debut for England. Wilson is the reigning Commonwealth Games champion on Horizontal Bar. In the World Championships in the same year, Wilson finished fourth in the Horizontal Bar final.

Wilson was a member of the silver medal winning British team at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. This was the first world men's team medal in British gymnastics history. ^[2]

Competitive history

2014

Junior career

Wilson was crowned British Junior Champion in March. He also received the Young Sportsman male award at the Leeds Sports Awards. He competed at the 2014 European Championships in Sofia in May, winning five gold medals. He was then was selected to compete for the English Commonwealth Games team, graduating to Senior Level.

Senior career

Commonwealth Games

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Wilson contributed a score of 86.607 for the England team to win the Team Gold and qualify second for the Individual all-around final, behind teammate Max Whitlock.^[3] Wilson then won a bronze medal in the all-around final with a score of 87.965. He won silver in the Parallel bars final with a score of 15.433 behind Scottish gymnast Daniel Purvis. Wilson took his first individual commonwealth gold in the Horizontal Bar final with a score of 14.966. His teammate Kristian Thomas took silver.^[4]

2015

2015 World Championships

Wilson competed at the 2015 Gymnastics World Championships in Glasgow. He placed tenth all around in qualification with 88.365, but did not advance due to the two per country rule. ^[5] Wilson competed on three apparatus in the team final: Still Rings (14.933), Parallel Bars (15.033) and Horizontal bar (14.833), contributing to the team silver medal.^[6] Wilson also qualified to the Parallel Bars final, placing 8th with a score of 15.233. ^[7]

2016

Wilson competed at the AT&T American Cup on 5 March 2016. He struggled in the competition, receiving execution scores below eight on three apparatuses. He did however receive the third highest score on parallel bars, scoring 15.266. He came fifth overall with a score of 84.131.^[8]

References

1. "Nile Wilson profile". British gymnastics. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
2. "GB Men Win Historic Silver at World Championships". BBC Sport. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
3. "Gymnastic Artistic Men's all-around qualification". 2014 Glasgow. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
4. "Glasgow Commonwealth results". 2014 Glasgow. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
5. "Artistic - Men's Individual Qualification". Retrieved 13 March 2016.
6. "Artistic - Men's Team Final". Retrieved 13 March 2016.
7. "Historic World Championships come to a close". British Gymnastics. 1 November 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
8. "2016 AT&T American Cup" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.

External links

• Nile Wilson at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
• Nile Wilson at British Gymnastics