The 28-year-old is a six-time Olympicmedallist Max Whitlock has won three golds and three bronzes throughout his Olympic journey so far.
Competing in the men’s Pommel horse final, Max Whitlockdefended his Olympic champion title as he performed an elegant and complex routine, scoring a record high of 15.583.
Team GB has called Max "the greatest gymnast this country has ever produced” after winning his sixth Olympic medal.
Talking to the BBC after winning gold, Max said "I feel completely overwhelmed. It feels very, very surreal.
"This is probably the most pressured environment I've ever been in. Going up first is hard... it meant I had to go all out. That was the biggest routine I've been training for.”
Where Max Whitlock's journey began
The Olympicstar was first introduced to gymnastics when he was just seven years old, after being introduced to the sport by a friend and joined the Sapphire School of Gymnastics.
A few years later when he was 12, he joined the South Essex Gymnastics Club where he began coaching with Scott Hann.
When he was 17 in 2010, Max competed in the Junior European Championships in Birmingham where he was placed top in the Pommel horse, finishing with a silver All-around.
Six months after the Championships, Max represented England in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, where his outstanding gymnast skills began to stand out.
During the Commonwealth he won three medals, two silver’s in the Team and Pommel horse, and a bronze on the Horizontal bar.
Despite taking home three medals he was only placed as an alternative during the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tokyo for team GB.
At the 2012 London Olympicshe won his first Olympic medals taking home three bronzes in the Team, Pommel horse, and All-around.
The gymnast star made history, along with his fellow teammates, becoming the first to win an Olympic medal in the Team event since 1912.
After the 2012 Olympics Max competed in several major competitions that really highlighted him as a gymnastic.
In the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he won a total of five medals, including three golds, one silver, and one bronze.
He also secured a gold in his signature event, the Pommel horse during the European Championships also in 2014.
After his medal success, Max’s triumph slipped during the 2015 European Championships when he failed to qualify for the final of any event.
However, that didn’t stop him from fighting back, in the same year he came back stronger and won his first World Championship medal in the Pommel horse.
Making history again in the 2016 Olympics in Rio, he won two gold medals, officially becoming an Olympic champion.
He also became the first British gold medallist in Artistic gymnastics and the Pommel horse event.
During his time in Rio, he also became Great Britain’s first medal winner in the All-around event for 108 years.
After his huge success in the Rio Olympics, Max started to become a well-known Olympian and was nominated for the Sports Personality of the Year award.
He has since been named as the Best British Sports Star at the BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards and has also become known as Great Britain's most decorated gymnast.
Now beating records once again with his high score in the Pommel event in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, there is no sign of Max slowing down anytime soon.
Adding to his medal collection and excelling in his Pommel horse event, Max has shown true dedication and Olympic glory throughout his gymnastic journey.
