GYMNASTS from United Kingdom

Top 10

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary British Gymnasts of all time. This list of famous British Gymnasts is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of British Gymnasts.

1. Max Whitlock (b. 1993)

With an HPI of 24.48, Max Whitlock is the most famous British Gymnast.  His biography has been translated into 29 different languages on wikipedia.

Max Antony Whitlock (born 13 January 1993) is an English artistic gymnast. With fourteen medals and six titles in Olympic and World Championships, Whitlock is the most successful gymnast in British history. He is also the most successful pommel horse worker in Olympic Games history, with two gold medals and one bronze. Whitlock is a six-time Olympic medallist (all-around, team, floor exercise and three times on his signature piece, pommel horse), winning three golds and three bronzes, and a five-time world medallist on the pommel horse with three gold and two silvers. He became Great Britain's first-ever Olympic gold medallist in artistic gymnastics when he won both the floor exercise and pommel horse at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He is a four-time European champion and a four-time Commonwealth Games champion representing England.

2. Louis Smith (b. 1989)

With an HPI of 15.57, Louis Smith is the 2nd most famous British Gymnast.  His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Louis Antoine Smith MBE (born 22 April 1989) is a retired English artistic gymnast. He received a bronze medal and two silver medals on the pommel horse at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, 2012 London Olympics and the 2016 Rio Olympics respectively, with the former marking the first time a British gymnast had placed in an Olympic event since 1928. He fell just short of gold in 2012, tying with Kristian Berki, but taking silver for a lower E or execution score. He followed this up with a second consecutive silver medal on the pommel horse at the 2016 Rio Olympics, this time finishing behind teammate, and 2012 bronze medalist, Max Whitlock. Smith was also part of the Great Britain team that took the bronze in the men's artistic team all-around at the 2012 London Olympics. He was the first British gymnast to win Olympic medals in three separate Games, and only the second gymnast after Marius Urzică to win three successive Olympic pommel horse medals. His team-mate Whitlock subsequently won Olympic medals in the 2012, 2016 and 2020 games, and also won successively bronze, gold and gold in these games on the pommel horse. A 2006 Commonwealth Games champion representing England in the pommel horse, in 2015 he became European champion, his first major international title representing Great Britain. Smith is a member of the Huntingdon Gymnastics Club, training alongside teammate Daniel Keatings under coach Paul Hall. He was a part of the European gold medal-winning Great Britain men's team in 2012, 2010 Commonwealth Games Champion, and is also a four-time European silver medallist. Away from the gym, Smith's media profile has offered a number of television opportunities in his home country. He also won the 2012 series of Strictly Come Dancing and the 2021 series of The Masked Dancer.

3. Alice Kinsella (b. 2001)

With an HPI of 11.61, Alice Kinsella is the 3rd most famous British Gymnast.  Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Alice Nicole Kinsella (born 13 March 2001) is an English artistic gymnast and member of the British national gymnastics team. She represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in the team event, and was part of the Great Britain team that achieved the highest positions ever achieved in the same event at the 2022 World Championships (silver) and the 2023 European Championships (gold). Kinsella won a Commonwealth Games team title as part of England's gold-winning team all-around squad of 2022. Individually, she is the 2018 Commonwealth Games and 2019 European champion on the balance beam, and the 2022 Commonwealth Games champion on floor. Domestically, Kinsella was the 2023 British national all-around champion.

4. Bryony Page (b. 1990)

With an HPI of 0.00, Bryony Page is the 4th most famous British Gymnast.  Her biography has been translated into different languages.

Bryony Kate Frances Page (born 10 December 1990) is a British trampoline gymnast. She won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in individual trampoline. She is the 2021 and 2023 women's individual trampoline world champion, and part of the British team that won team gold at the 2013 world championships, and all-around team gold in 2022. Page became the first British trampolinist to win an Olympic medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, when she won the silver medal. Five years later, at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo she won the bronze medal. Her triumph in 2024 led to Page becoming the first British gymnast to attain the status of Olympic champion in trampolining, and the first British female individual Olympic champion in gymnastics.

5. Joe Fraser (b. 1998)

With an HPI of 0.00, Joe Fraser is the 5th most famous British Gymnast.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

Joe Fraser (born 6 December 1998) is an English artistic gymnast. He is the 2022 European all-around and parallel bars champion and the 2019 world champion on the parallel bars. He is the first British gymnast to ever win gold in these events, and the third British world champion (following Beth Tweddle and Max Whitlock). As a member of the British Senior team since 2017, he has also won team gold and silver, and bronze on the pommel horse, in the European Artistic Gymnastic Championships. Representing England in the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Fraser won three gold medals in the team, pommel horse and parallel bars events.

6. Giarnni Regini-Moran (b. 1998)

With an HPI of 0.00, Giarnni Regini-Moran is the 6th most famous British Gymnast.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

Giarnni Regini-Moran (born 2 August 1998) is a British artistic gymnast representing Great Britain and England internationally. He is the 2022 world champion on floor exercise (the second British world floor champion after Beth Tweddle and the first British male) and the fourth British world champion in the sport of artistic gymnastics (after Tweddle, Max Whitlock, and Joe Fraser). A prodigious junior, Regini-Moran is the 2014 Youth Olympic all-around, floor and vault champion, the 2016 European Junior all-around and floor champion, and 2014 European Junior floor champion. As a senior, he won team gold at the 2022 European Championships and team bronze at the 2022 World Championships with Great Britain, and team gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games with England.

7. Dominick Cunningham (b. 1995)

With an HPI of 0.00, Dominick Cunningham is the 7th most famous British Gymnast.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

Dominick "Dom" Adam Cunningham (born 9 May 1995) is an English-born elite artistic gymnast representing Ireland since 2022, having previously represented Great Britain and England. He won a team gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, and the Individual Floor Gold at the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow.

8. Laura Gallagher (b. 1989)

With an HPI of 0.00, Laura Gallagher is the 8th most famous British Gymnast.  Her biography has been translated into different languages.

Laura Gallagher (born 26 March 1989) is a British retired trampoline gymnast. Coached by Susan Bramble, her achievements in trampolining included becoming the Under-19 world champion in 2007, winning an individual bronze medal at the 2012 European Championship, a gold medal in the team event at the 2013 Trampoline World Championships, and placing sixth in the individual event at the 2019 World Championships. In 2014, Gallagher suffered a back injury that led to her withdrawing from competition for seven months. In June 2021, Gallagher and Bryony Page were selected for the trampoline event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. In August 2024, Gallagher became Bridgwater and Taunton College’s trampolining coach. She subsequently announced her retirement from trampolining on in October 2024.

9. Becky Downie (b. 1992)

With an HPI of 0.00, Becky Downie is the 9th most famous British Gymnast.  Her biography has been translated into different languages.

Rebecca Lauren Downie (born 24 January 1992 in Nottingham) is a British artistic gymnast who competed at the 2008, 2016, and 2024 Summer Olympics. She is a double European champion (2014 and 2016) and 2014 Commonwealth Games champion on the uneven bars as well as the 2019 World silver medallist. Her younger sister, Ellie Downie, was also an Olympic gymnast.

10. Danusia Francis (b. 1994)

With an HPI of 0.00, Danusia Francis is the 10th most famous British Gymnast.  Her biography has been translated into different languages.

Danusia May Francis-Reid (born 13 May 1994) is a retired British artistic gymnast who represented Great Britain and Jamaica in international competition. She was a reserve athlete for Great Britain's 2012 Olympic team. She attended UCLA and competed for the UCLA Bruins gymnastics team. She represented Jamaica at the 2020 Olympic Games.