[1] At the 2010 Chicago Marathon, he broke his previous world record for athletes with lower-limb amputations, with a time of 2:42:52.

He is a former ice sledge hockey player, and competed for the GB team at the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin.

Whitehead was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to athletics.

[6][7] Whitehead was appointed the first-ever patron of Sarcoma UK, the bone- and soft-tissue cancer charity, on 28 January 2013.

On December 3rd 2024 Whitehead had a leading role in a three part Docu-Series by Prime Video called Dare to Defy ,He co-hosted the show with Adele Roberts tackling the topics of inclusion and diversity in sport.