Luke Whitehouse

Gymnastics career

Luke Whitehouse started his international career as a junior, representing Great Britain at the 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival in Baku, Azerbaijan, where his team finished fourth. That same year, he also took part in the first-ever Junior World Championships in Győr, Hungary. Moving up to the senior level, he made an impact at the 2021 Osijek World Challenge Cup. During the qualification round there, he became the first British gymnast ever to land a triple back somersault on floor exercise in competition.

At the 2022 English Championships, he took bronze in the all-around, gold on floor, and bronze on vault. Later that year, at the British Championships, he added another bronze on floor. In 2023, he repeated as English champion on floor and also won gold on parallel bars, plus silver on vault. At the Doha World Cup that year, he earned bronze on floor.

Then at the 2023 British Championships, he claimed gold on floor and bronze on vault. Competing at the 2023 European Championships, he won gold on floor and helped Great Britain secure team bronze. He was later named the travelling alternate for the 2023 World Championships, where the British team placed fourth. The 2024 season saw him finish fourth in the all-around at the English Championships, with a silver on vault.

At the British Championships, he took bronze on vault, sixth in the all-around, and fourth on rings. He then won silver on floor at the 2024 Doha World Cup. A week later, he defended his European floor title at the 2024 European Championships, competing as an individual after Max Whitlock withdrew due to injury. That victory made him the first male British gymnast to retain a European title.

He also placed sixth on vault at those championships. In June 2024, he was selected for the Olympic team alongside Jake Jarman, Harry Hepworth, Joe Fraser, and Max Whitlock. Great Britain qualified third for the team final but ended up fourth, with the United States taking bronze. Individually, Whitehouse made the Olympic floor exercise final, where he scored 14.466 to finish sixth.