Wilson was born 17 January 1996 in Leedsto Sally and Neil Wilson and is the grandson of Duncan Fearnley. He has a sister, Joanna. He attended Farsley Farfield Primary School and Pudsey Grangefield School. Wilson runs a YouTube channel where he posts vlogs about his workouts, daily life and gymnastics where he has more than 1,360,000 subscribers, and another channel with his father which has more than 169,000 subscribers.
Early career
Wilson was crowned British Junior Champion in March 2014 and received the Young Sportsman male award at the Leeds Sports Awards. 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.
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Wilson contributed a score of 86.607 for the England team to win the Team Gold and qualify second for the Individual all-around final, behind teammate Max Whitlock. Wilson then won a bronze medal in the all-around final with a score of 87.965. He won silver in the Parallel bars final with a score of 15.433 behind Scottish gymnast Daniel Purvis. Wilson took his first individual Commonwealth gold in the Horizontal Bar final with a score of 14.966. His teammate Kristian Thomas took silver.
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. Wilson competed on three apparatus in the team final: Still Rings, Parallel Bars and Horizontal bar, contributing to the team silver medal. Wilson also qualified to the Parallel Bars final, placing 8th with a score of 15.233.
2016 Summer Olympics
Wilson competed at the AT&T American Cup on 5 March 2016. He struggled in the competition, receiving execution scores below eight on three apparatuses. He did, however, receive the third highest score on parallel bars, scoring 15.266. He came fifth overall with a score of 84.131. On 12 July 2016, Wilson was named to the 2016 Olympic team along with Louis Smith, Max Whitlock, Kristian Thomas and Brinn Bevan. At the 2016 Olympics, Wilson became the first British gymnast to win the bronze medal at the horizontal bar event, with a score of 15.466.
2017 World Championships
In January 2017, Wilson suffered an injury to his ankle ligament while training, which required surgery. He recovered in time to compete in the 2017 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships where he finished sixth in the all around final.
2018 Commonwealth Games
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 and qualified in first place for the individual all-around which he went on to win for his second gold medal. He added a third gold on the horizontal bar, and won silver on the rings and on the parallel bars. Wilson underwent surgery on his neck in February 2019 to fix a bulging disc that was causing arm pain, and as a result, he missed a number of competitions that year, including the Birmingham World Cup and European Championships.
