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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 due to injuries from competitive gymnastics.[4]

Nile Wilson
Personal information
Full name	Nile Michael Wilson
Nickname(s)	Wilsonator
Country represented	Great Britain  England
Born	(1996-01-17) 17 January 1996 (age 26) Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Hometown	Pudsey, Leeds
Height	166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	62kg (9 st 8)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior international elite
Club	Leeds Gymnastics Club
Retired	14 January 2021
World ranking	bronze medal olympian
Medal record Representing  Great Britain Men's artistic gymnastics Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Horizontal bar World Championships 2015 Glasgow Team European Championships 2016 Bern Horizontal bar 2016 Bern Team Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Team 2014 Glasgow Horizontal bar 2018 Gold Coast Team 2018 Gold Coast All-around 2018 Gold Coast Horizontal bar 2014 Glasgow Parallel bars 2018 Gold Coast Rings 2018 Gold Coast Parallel Bars 2014 Glasgow All-around
YouTube information
Channel	NileWilsonGymnast
Years active	2009–present
Genre	Vlogs artistic gymnastics
Subscribers	1,550,000+[1]
Total views	352 million+[1]
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers 2017 1,000,000 subscribers 2018
Last updated: 3 July 2022

Personal life

Wilson was born 17 January 1996 in Leeds to Sally and Neil Wilson[2][5] and is the great nephew of Duncan Fearnley.[6] He has a sister, Joanna. He attended Farsley Farfield Primary School and Pudsey Grangefield School.[7] Wilson runs a YouTube channel where he posts vlogs about his workouts, daily life and gymnastics (Nile Wilson) where he has more than 1.51 million subscribers, and another channel with his father (Neil and Nile Vlogs) which has more than 171,000 subscribers.

Early career

Wilson was crowned British Junior Champion in March 2014 and 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 to become the first British gymnast ever to win five gold medals at the European Junior Gymnastics Championships. He was then selected to compete for the England Commonwealth Games team, graduating to senior level.

Senior career

2014 Commonwealth Games

2014 Commonwealth Games
	Team all-around	86.607
	Horizontal bar	14.966
	Parallel bars	15.433
	Individual all-around	87.965

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.[8] 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.[9]

2015 World Championships

2015 World Championships
	Team all-around	44.799

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.[10] 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.[11] Wilson also qualified to the Parallel Bars final, placing 8th with a score of 15.233.[12]

2016 Summer Olympics

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.[13]

2016 Summer Olympics
	Horizontal bar	15.466

On 12 July 2016, Wilson was named to the 2016 Olympic team along with Louis Smith, Max Whitlock, Kristian Thomas and Brinn Bevan. At the 2016 Olympics, Wilson became the first British gymnast to win the bronze medal at the horizontal bar event, with a score of 15.466.[14]

2017 World Championships

In January 2017, Wilson suffered an injury to his left ankle ligament while training, which required surgery.[15] He recovered in time to compete in the 2017 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships where he finished sixth in the all around final.[16]

2018 Commonwealth Games

2018 Commonwealth Games
	Team all-round	73.200
	Individual all-around	84.950
	Horizontal bar	14.533
	Rings	14.400
	Parallel Bars	14.533

In 2018, Wilson was selected to represent England and compete at the Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia. On 5 April, he won a gold medal in the men's artistic team all-around[17] and qualified in first place for the individual all-around which he went on to win for his second gold medal.[18] He added a third gold on the horizontal bar,[19] and won silver on the rings[20] and on the parallel bars.[21]

Wilson underwent surgery on his neck in February 2019 to fix a bulging disc that was causing arm pain, and as a result, he missed a number of competitions that year, including the Birmingham World Cup and European Championships.[22]

Retirement from Gymnastics

On 14 January 2021, Wilson uploaded a video entitled "I've Retired from Gymnastics" to his YouTube channel, in which he announced his official retirement from competitive gymnastics.[23] In the video, he cited health problems caused by gymnastics as the main factor in his retirement.[24]

Following his retirement from professional gymnastics, Wilson has raised allegations of a culture of abuse within British gymnastics. Whilst speaking with BBC Sport, Wilson stated that he was "without a doubt" abused during his training, was subject to "emotional manipulation", and was forced to "live in fear" of his coaches and the consequences of underperforming. Wilson also informed BBC Sport that he waited until after his retirement to raise these allegations as he feared he would face professional consequences, including deselection from the British Olympic team, if he spoke up whilst continuing to work as a professional gymnast.[25]

References

External links

• Nile Wilson at British Gymnastics
• Nile Wilson at the International Gymnastics Federation
• Nile Wilson at Team GB
• Nile Wilson at Olympedia
• Nile Wilson at Team England
• Nile Wilson at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games
• Nile Wilson's channel on YouTube

На других языках

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- [en] Nile Wilson

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[es] Nile Wilson

Nile Wilson (Leeds, Yorkshire, 17 de enero de 1996) es un gimnasta británico.[1] Ha sido medalla de bronce en barra fija en los Juegos Olímpicos de Río de Janeiro de 2016, subcampeón del mundo por equipos en 2015 y campeón de Europa en barra fija en 2016.

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[fr] Nile Wilson

Nile Wilson (né le 17 janvier 1996 à Leeds) est un gymnaste artistique britannique.

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[it] Nile Wilson

Nile Michael Wilson (Leeds, 17 gennaio 1996) è un ex ginnasta inglese medaglia di bronzo alla sbarra alle Olimpiadi di Rio de Janeiro 2016, attrezzo del quale è stato anche campione europeo lo stesso anno.

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[ru] Уилсон, Нил

Нил Уилсон (англ. Nile Wilson; родился 17 января 1996 года)[1] — британский гимнаст. Бронзовый призёр Олимпийских игр 2016 года в Рио-де-Жанейро на перекладине.

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