Nile Wilson - My Story

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In January 2017, Wilson suffered an injury to his left ankle ligament while training, which required surgery. [16] He recovered in time to compete in the 2017 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships where he finished sixth in the all around final. [17] 2018 Commonwealth Games [ edit ]

In 2018, Wilson was selected to represent England and compete at the Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia. On 5 April, he won a gold medal in the men's artistic team all-around [18] and qualified in first place for the individual all-around which he went on to win for his second gold medal. [19] He added a third gold on the horizontal bar, [20] and won silver on the rings [21] and on the parallel bars. [22] He competed at the 2014 European Championships in Sofia in May, winning five gold medals to become the first British gymnast ever to win five gold medals at the European Junior Gymnastics Championships. He was then selected to compete for the England Commonwealth Games team, graduating to senior level. Gray, James (16 August 2016). "Rio 2016: Who is Team GB gymnast Nile Wilson? How did he win Olympic bronze?". Daily Express. A must read, I found this story of Nile Wilson both emotional and inspirational! NetGalley, Michelle Coates

Commonwealth Games: Nile Wilson wins third gold as Alice Kinsella seals first Commonwealth title". 9 April 2018.

An ankle injury after Rio left him with a race to be fit for the 2017 World Championships, but he recovered in time and was sixth in the all-around final. The second half of the book is a 21-day challenge, that is meant to teach you how to do a handstand by the end of the challenge. The weeks are explained clearly, the exercises are shown well and overall the layout of the challenge works well. Artistic – Men's Team Final". Archived from the original on 12 August 2016 . Retrieved 13 March 2016. In his statement, external-link he added: “I was a young boy with a dream. With a lot of work and belief, I'm proof you can achieve anything you want in life. Unfortunately my body just couldn’t keep up and that’s OK.

‘You take one step today and then take another step tomorrow’

He helped Great Britain to team silver at the World Championships in 2015 before a memorable 2016 where he became European horizontal bar champion before his Olympic achievement. Wilson competed at the 2015 Gymnastics World Championships in Glasgow. He placed tenth all around in qualification with 88.365, but did not advance due to the two per country rule. [11] Wilson competed on three apparatus in the team final: Still Rings (14.933), Parallel Bars (15.033) and Horizontal bar (14.833), contributing to the team silver medal. [12] Wilson also qualified to the Parallel Bars final, placing 8th with a score of 15.233. [13] 2016 Summer Olympics [ edit ] The first half of the book is him explaining how gymnastics has impacted him and changed his life, how it has affected his behaviour and mindset and what he feels he has learnt from it. He said: "I said I would stop gymnastics when I fell out of love with the process or my body does not let me do it any more, and both are true today. With My Story, Nile takes the reader though his celebrated career as he shares his brutal training regimens, his battles with addiction as well as his struggles with mental health that unfortunately goes hand-in-hand with being an elite level athlete. Nile writes of the dangers that come with measuring your self-worth against your career accomplishments and your level of performance.