Max Whitlock Wife: Who Is Leah Hickton?

Leah Hickton is the childhood sweetheart of Max Whitlock whom he married in 2017.

Leah hails from Basildon, Essex, and had met Max at their local children’s gym South Essex Gymnasts Club when they were just 12 years old.

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

Leah had 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.