Joshua Nathan

Joshua Nathan
Born (1999-09-25) 25 September 1999 (age 27)
Nottingham, England
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented
ClubCity of Birmingham Gymnastics Club
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2023 AntalyaTeam
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Challenge Cup 2 0 1
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place2026 GlasgowTeam

Joshua Nathan (born 25 September 1999) is a British artistic gymnast. He won team bronze at the 2023 European Championships and was the 2021 British all-around and pommel horse champion.

Early life and education

Born in Nottingham, his parents moved to Birmingham when he was 11 to pursue gymnastics. He later attended Birmingham City University.

Gymnastics career

At the 2016 Junior European Championships, he was part of the British team which won gold alongside Joe Fraser and Giarnni Regini-Moran.

2019

In the 2019 World Cup series, he won gold on pommel horse in the Szombathely and Paris events.

2021

At the British Championships, Nathan was all-around and pommel horse champion, as well as silver medallist on horizontal bar and bronze on parallel bars. He was named in the squad for the 2021 World Championships where he qualified for individual all-around and pommel horse finals. Nathan placed 9th in the all-around final and 6th on pommel horse.

2023

At the British Championships, Nathan took gold on pommel horse and bronze on parallel bars. He was named in the British team attending the 2023 European Championships, alongside Jake Jarman, Adam Tobin, Courtney Tulloch and Luke Whitehouse, where he helped win bronze in the team competition.

2026

At the English Championships, Nathan won bronze in the all-around, winning a gold medal on pommel horse. He competed at the 2026 Koper World Challenge Cup where he won bronze on pommel horse.

Nathan was selected to represent Team England at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow alongside Luke Whitehouse, Alex Yolshin-Cash, Adam Tobin, and Max Whitlock (later replaced by Gabriel Langton). Together the team won silver behind Canada despite Langton suffering a "sickening fall" off the horizontal bar in the final rotation. Individually, Nathan qualified to floor exercise final where he ultimately finished seventh.

Competitive history

Competitive history of Joshua Nathan
Year Event Team AA FX PH SR VT PB HB
2019
Szombathely World Challenge Cup1st place, gold medalist(s)
Paris World Challenge Cup1st place, gold medalist(s)
2021 British Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Koper World Challenge Cup5
European Championships127
World Championships96
2022 British Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Cottbus World Cup4
2023 British Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Varna World Challenge Cup7
European Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2025 Cottbus World Cup58
2026 English Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)68
British Championships52nd place, silver medalist(s)68
Koper World Challenge Cup3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Commonwealth Games2nd place, silver medalist(s)7

References

  1. ↑ "50th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Entry List (Men)". Longines Timing. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Birmingham architecture student has designs on realising Tokyo Olympic dream".
  3. ↑ "Joshua Nathan". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Gymnastics - Joshua Nathan- RESULTS". the-sports.org. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "MEN'S ALL-AROUND FINAL - RESULTS". gym.longinestiming. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Joshua Nathan 9th in world all-around final". www.british-gymnastics.org. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  7. ↑ "European Gymnastics Championships: Great Britain win men's team bronze". BBC Sport. 11 April 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  8. ↑ "Many happy returns: Seven nations on top at Slovenian World Challenge Cup". World Gymnastics. 2 June 2026.
  9. ↑ "Team England announce gymnastics squad for Glasgow 2026". teamengland.org. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  10. ↑ "Horror fall overshadows gymnastics silver at Commonwealths". BBC. 24 July 2026.
  11. ↑ "Commonwealth Games 2026: All results – complete list". International Olympic Committee. 26 July 2026.