Gymnast Max Whitlock on waffles winning gold and walking on his hands - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Celebrity Gymnast Max Whitlock on waffles winning gold and walking on his hands By You Magazine - June 27, 2017 by John Koski Guilty pleasure? Sticky toffee pudding or waffles and ice cream. I can treat myself when I’m not in competition. Where is home? I’m originally from Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire, but my fiancée [gymnastics coach Leah Hickton] and I live in Basildon, Essex, where I train. Career plan B? Designing clothes and trainers. It’s an ambition of mine when my gymnastics career is over. Who would play you in a movie of your life? Mark Wahlberg. Biggest bugbear? People who don’t hold the door open for you when you’re walking through behind them. As a child you wanted to be… A gymnast – I started when I was seven and it’s all I’ve ever known. Earliest memory? Walking on my hands on holiday in the Canaries and getting massive blisters on them because it was so hot. Secret to a happy relationship? Doing everything you can to help each other. Your best quality? I’m a chilled, go-with-the-flow kind of person, which helps me when I’m competing. And your worst? I can be impatient. If I have an idea or there’s something I want to do, I have to get on with it straight away. Most romantic thing you’ve ever done? Proposing to Leah in the Lake District a year ago. She was a bit tearful but said yes, so I was happy. Last meal on earth? A roast dinner, which always reminds me of Christmas. Dream dinner-party guests? My family. We don’t get together too often, but a family meal is one of my favourite things. Cat or dog? I haven’t got any pets, but if I did I would have a dog. Advice to teenage self? Don’t stress unnecessarily. Starstruck moment? Seeing Kōhei Uchimura, the greatest gymnast ever, for the first time in Japan in 2010 was amazing. In 2014, I came second to him in the All-Around Final of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, which was surreal. Career highlight? Winning two gold medals at last year’s Rio Olympics. Most embarrassing moment? Doing interviews at the 2015 World Championships with a massive scab and scrape on my face, which I got after falling during the floor exercises. Favourite tipple? A glass of Coke. What did you have for breakfast today? Beans on toast. Top of your bucket list? Either doing a skydive or some sort of crazy driving experience, maybe in a Lamborghini, which is my favourite car. One thing that would make your life better? An extra few hours in the day. Philosophy? Stay chilled and enjoy the journey. Where would you time travel to? London in 2012 to relive competing at a home Olympic Games – and maybe upgrading my two bronze medals to gold! First record you bought? An Eminem album. Most extravagant purchase? A Porsche 718 Cayman in bright orange, my favourite colour. Style icon? Kanye West – I admire what he’s done in fashion. Celebrity crush? Gigi Hadid. Happiness is… Family. Max is an ambassador for the National Lottery Awards, in which UK projects can win Lottery funding. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR 50 of the best celebrity Halloween costumes of all time Shirley Ballas ‘ Strictly gave me back my hope’ Davina McCall discusses how men can help women going through the menopause Popular in Celebrity TV chef Gino D Acampo on Sardinia Sophia Loren and scary salads May 25, 2017 The Evergreen Goddess Exercise guru Diana Moran on looking fit and July 10, 2017 More more Julianne Moore November 13, 2017 Author Jill Mansell on designer notebooks commissioning art and the family January 16, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES Kelly Hoppen on vodka vintage finds and being a April 4, 2018 ‘ I have no regrets’ Millie Mackintosh on divorce debt and reuniting May 20, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES TV presenter and tennis player Annabel Croft shares her July 1, 2018 Stella Parton ‘ Dolly and I have always been close’ August 12, 2018 Anna Friel on getting jeered in the street shared parenting with September 23, 2018 Queen of primetime Charlotte Riley on juggling rising stardom with pregnancy October 21, 2018 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved