Who is Max Whitlock? Sports Personality of the Year 2016 shortlist
Britain's first ever winner of a gymnastic gold medal took Rio 2016 by storm – can he do the same in the BBC awards ceremony?
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Sports Personality of the Year 2016 nominees: Max Whitlock
Age: 23
Twitter: @maxwhitlock1
2016 highlight: Winning two Olympic gold medals in one day at Rio 2016, taking home individual floor and pommel horse titles – the first time Britain has ever won a gymnastics gold medal. He also earned bronze in the Rio 2016 all-around tournament
Needed to get a picture like this up the top of Sugarloaf mountain #rio2016 @Olympics pic.twitter.com/VrBXUITOBw
— Max Whitlock MBE (@maxwhitlock1) August 19, 2016
His first Olympic gymnastics gold came in the men’s floor. 90 minutes later, he beat team-mate Louis Smith to take gold on the men’s pommel horse.
Watch Max Whitlock’s Rio 2016 highlights
