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 types of apparatus. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which assigns the '' Code of Points'' used ...

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, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, were an international multi-sport event for the members of the Commonwealth that was held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 201 ...

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 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 pomme ...

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 men's horizontal bar at the 2016 Summer Olympics; he was a world medallist as a member of the silver-medal winning British ...

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 gymnasts for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Gymnasts at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Northampton Sportspeople from Huntingdon Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games 21st-century English sportsmen Commonwealth Games gold medallists in gymnastics Commonwealth Games silver medallists in gymnastics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in gymnastics {{UK-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub