[3] In January 2021, Wilson announced his retirement from competitive gymnastics due to injuries and mental health concerns.

He won silver in the Parallel bars final with a score of 15.433 behind Scottish gymnast Daniel Purvis.

[14] 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 on the horizontal bar, with a score of 15.466.

[16] He recovered in time to compete in the 2017 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships where he finished sixth in the all around final.

[22] 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.

[25] In September 2022, Wilson gave a TED Talk about mental health impacts on professional athletes.

Whilst speaking with BBC Sport, Wilson stated that he was "without a doubt" abused during his training, was subject to "emotional manipulation", and was forced to "live in fear" of his coaches and the consequences of underperforming.