Luke Folwell (born 15 May 1987) is a British

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...

and

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from

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. In October 2010 he won five medals for

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in the gymnastics at the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...

to become the most successful British gymnast in a single Games in Commonwealth Games history. His feat was matched by

Max Whitlock Max Antony Whitlock (born 13 January 1993) is a British artistic gymnast. With fourteen medals and six titles in Olympic and world championships, Whitlock is the most successful gymnast in his nation's history, and the most successful pommel h ...

in 2014, and

Nile Wilson Nile Michael Wilson (born 17 January 1996) is a former British artistic gymnast. He won an Olympic bronze medal in the Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's horizontal bar, men's horizontal bar at the 2016 Summer Olympics; he was a wo ...

in 2018, and bettered by Welsh rhythmic gymnast Francesca Jones in 2014 who won 6 medals.

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* * (2006) * (2010) 1987 births Living people British male artistic gymnasts English male artistic gymnasts Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in gymnastics Gymnasts at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Northampton People from Huntingdon 21st-century British people Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games {{UK-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub