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Luke Whitehouse

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Luke Whitehouse
Whitehouse competing on rings at the 2019 Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Personal information
Full nameLuke Benjamin Whitehouse
Born (2002-07-02) 2 July 2002 (age 22)
Halifax
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		 Great Britain
(2019 – present (GBR))
ClubLeeds Gymnastics Club[1]
Head coach(es)Andy Butcher
David Murray
Tom Rawlinson
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Antalya Floor exercise
Gold medal – first place 2024 Rimini Floor exercise
Gold medal – first place 2025 Leipzig Team
Gold medal – first place 2025 Leipzig Floor exercise
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Antalya Team
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Apparatus World Cup 0 1 1
World Challenge Cup 0 0 1
Total 0 1 2

Luke Benjamin Whitehouse (born 2 July 2002)[2][3] is a British Olympic gymnast. He is an English,[4] British[5] and triple European Floor Champion winning back to back in 2023, 2024 and 2025, one of only two men to achieve three successive titles in the event (the other being Italian Franco Minicelli). He also won gold as part of the Great Britain team at the 2025 European Championships and bronze at the 2023 European Championships.[6][7][8][9]

Junior gymnastics career

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2019

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As a Junior, Whitehouse represented Team GB at the 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival in Baku, Azerbaijan where the team placed fourth.[10] He also competed at the inaugural 2019 Junior World Championships in Gyor, Hungary.

Senior gymnastics career

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2021

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In June 2021 at the Osijek World Challenge Cup in floor qualification he became the first British gymnast to complete a triple back somersault in competition.[11][12]

2022

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At the 2022 English Championships Whitehouse won bronze in the all-around with a gold medal on floor exercise and bronze on vault.[13] At British Championships he won bronze on floor exercise.[14]

2023

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At the English Championships in 2023 Whitehouse was a gold medallist on parallel bars and on floor exercise, defending his 2022 title.[4] [15] He also won silver on vault.[4]

Whitehouse attended the Doha World Cup and won bronze on floor exercise. [16] At the 2023 British Championships he won gold on floor exercise and bronze on vault.[17]

In April 2023 Whitehouse became European floor champion, winning gold at the 2023 European Championships in Antalya, Turkey alongside the team bronze medal.[18] [19] He was later selected as the travelling reserve of the Great Britain team for the 2023 World Championships in Antwerp 2023 where the team came fourth.[20]

He later attended the Paris Challenge Cup where bronze on floor exercise again.

2024

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At the 2024 English Champions White came fourth in the all-around, taking silver on vault.[21] Then at British Championships he took bronze on vault and placed sixth in the all-around and fourth on steel rings.[22]

In April at the Doha World Cup Whitehouse took the silver medal on floor exercise.[23] A week later he retained his title as European floor champion, attending the 2024 European Championships as an individual. He won gold for a second year in a row after Max Whitlock dropped out of the competition due to injury allowing Whitehouse to defend his title. He became the first male GBR gymnast to retain a European title.[24]

In June 2024 Whitehouse was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside Jake Jarman, Harry Hepworth, Joe Fraser, and Max Whitlock.[25] Great Britain qualified for the team final in third, but ultimately placed fourth, with the USA taking bronze.[26][27] Whitehouse individually qualified for Olympic floor final, finishing in sixth place with a score of 14.466.[28] Carlos Yulo won Gold with a score of 15.000.[28]

2025

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Whitehouse was selected to attend the 2025 European Championships alongside Harry Hepworth, Jamie Lewis, Jonas Rushworth and Jake Jarman where he helped Britain win their third ever European team title.[29] He also qualified for the all-around and floor exercise final. In the all-around Whitehouse finished 22nd despite qualifying in third due to errors on pommel horse and high bar.

Competitive history

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Year Event Team AA FX PH SR VT PB HB
Junior
2019 European Youth Olympic Festival 4 R3 R3
Junior World Championships 23 R2
Senior
2021 Osijek Challenge Cup 8
2022 English Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
British Championships 12 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8 5 7
2023 English Championships 4
Doha World Cup 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
British Championships 8 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
European Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Paris Challenge Cup 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World Championships 4[a]
2024 English Championships 4 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
British Championships 6 4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Doha World Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
European Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Olympic Games 4 6
2025 British Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 22 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  1. ^ Whitehouse was the team GBR alternate

References

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  1. ^ "WHITEHOUSE Luke – FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Search results: Luke Whitehouse". Genes Reunited.
  3. ^ "10th European Artistic Gymnastics Championships Results Book" (PDF). European Gymnastics. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  4. ^ a b c "2023 EG Championships MA Apparatus Results" (PDF). www.gymdata.co.uk. 2023-02-25.
  5. ^ "Fabulous Final Day at Gymnastics British Championships". British-Gymnastics.org. 2023-03-26.
  6. ^ "'The best routine of my life' – Halifax's Luke Whitehouse wins European Gymnastics gold medal". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Who is Luke Whitehouse, Britain's new gymnastics champion?". Team GB. 2023-04-15. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
  8. ^ "GB's Whitehouse wins European floor gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  9. ^ "British men take team bronze at the European Championships". British-Gymnastics.org. 2023-04-11. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  10. ^ "Team GB announces selected athletes for the Baku 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival". TeamGB.com. 2019-07-11. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  11. ^ "DOBRO World Cup Osijek 2021" (PDF). Osijekgym.com. 2021-06-13. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  12. ^ "Twitter BritGymnastics". BritGymnastics Twitter Results and News. 2021-06-11. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  13. ^ "2022 English Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. 2022-03-15. Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  14. ^ "2022 British Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. 2022-03-30. Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  15. ^ "2022 EG Championships MAG Senior Apparatus Rankings". Gymdata. 2022-03-12.
  16. ^ "2023 Doha World Cup Men's Results". The Gymternet. 5 March 2023. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
  17. ^ "2023 British Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. 2023-03-28. Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  18. ^ "European Gymnastics Championships 2023: GB's Luke Whitehouse wins floor gold". BBC Sport. 2023-04-15. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
  19. ^ "British men take team bronze at the European Championship". www.british-gymnastics.org. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
  20. ^ "Men's line up announced for 2023 World Championships". www.british-gymnastics.org. Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  21. ^ "2024 English Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. 2024-03-06. Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  22. ^ "2024 British Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. 2024-03-20. Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  23. ^ "Sensational silvers for Ruby and Luke in Doha". www.british-gymnastics.org. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
  24. ^ "European Gymnastics Championships: GB's Luke Whitehouse retains floor title". BBC Sport. 2024-04-26. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
  25. ^ "And your Team GB Paris 2024 gymnasts are..." British Gymnastics. June 13, 2024.
  26. ^ "GB men make history on first day of the Games". British Gymnastics. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  27. ^ "History-making British gymnasts have rewritten the record books in qualifying at the Olympic Games in Paris". Team GB. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  28. ^ a b "Paris Olympics 2024 medal results". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  29. ^ "Gymnastics: Great Britain's men win European gold in Germany". BBC Sport. 2025-05-27. Retrieved 2025-05-28.
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