Luke Whitehouse
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_146.jpg) Whitehouse competing on rings at the 2019 Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country represented |  Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2002 (age 21–22) Halifax | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Halifax | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2019 to present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Leeds Gymnastics Club[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Andy Butcher David Murray | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Luke Whitehouse (born 2002)[2] is a British gymnast. He is English,[3] British[4] and European Floor Champion. He 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]
Junior
As a Junior, Whitehouse represented Team GB at the 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival in Baku, Azerbaijan.[9] He also competed at the inaugural 2019 Junior World Championships in Gyor, Hungary.
Senior
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]
He won bronze on Floor at the FIG World Cup, Doha-Qatar March, 2023[14] and at the FIG.Paris Challenge Cup September, 2023.[1] Selected as reserve for the World Championships in Antwerp 2023 Team GB.
References
- ^ "WHITEHOUSE Luke – FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ "10th European Artistic Gymnastics Championships Results Book" (PDF). European Gymnastics. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ^ a b c "2023 EG Championships MA Apparatus Results" (PDF). www.gymdata.co.uk. 2023-02-25.
- ^ "Fabulous Final Day at Gymnastics British Championships". British-Gymnastics.org. 2023-03-26.
- ^ "'The best routine of my life' – Halifax's Luke Whitehouse wins European Gymnastics gold medal". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ "Who is Luke Whitehouse, Britain's new gymnastics champion?". Team GB. 2023-04-15. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
- ^ "GB's Whitehouse wins European floor gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ "British men take team bronze at the European Championships". British-Gymnastics.org. 2023-04-11. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
- ^ "Team GB announces selected athletes for the Baku 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival". TeamGB.com. 2019-07-11. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
- ^ "DOBRO World Cup Osijek 2021" (PDF). Osijekgym.com. 2021-06-13. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
- ^ "Twitter BritGymnastics". BritGymnastics Twitter Results and News. 2021-06-11. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
- ^ a b "2022 EG Championships MAG Senior Apparatus Rankings". Gymdata. 2022-03-12.
- ^ "2022 EG Championships MAG Senior Individual Rankings". Gymdata. 2022-03-12. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
- ^ "2023 Doha World Cup Men's Results". The Gymternet. 5 March 2023. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
