How Long Has Max Whitlock Been With His Wife?

Max Whitlock and his wife, Leah Hickton have been together for 14 years, even though they have been married for just five years.

Max and Leah are childhood sweethearts who met at their local children’s gym South Essex Gymnasts Club, when they were barely teenagers.

Max had proposed to Leah in 2016, they tied the knots in 2017 and in 2019, they welcomed their adorable daughter, Willow.

Leah has also been a gymnastics coach at the South Essex Gymnastics Club.

In 2018, the couple set up the Max Whitlock Gymnastics Club which has branches in Colchester and Southend.

Who Is Max Whitlock?

Max Whitlock is one of the most successful gymnasts in Britain, as well as an Olympic champion, who has won the Olympic medal six times.

As the most successful gymnast ever on pommel horse, Max has won three golds and two silvers.

In his entire career, he has won a total of fourteen medals and six Olympic titles, with world championships inclusive.

Max represented Britain at the 2016 Olympics gymnastics, as well as the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

He took home the Olympic gold medal on the pommel horse with a score of 15.583.

Max Whitlock Early Life

Max was born in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, on 13 January 1993.

He began the sport of gymnastics at an early age of seven, and his parents enrolled him at the Sapphire School of Gymnastics in Hemel Hempstead.

By the time he was 12, he had joined South Essex Gymnastics Club in Basildon.

Max also attended Longdean School in Hemel Hempstead.