Sam Oldham

Sam Joshua Oldham[2] (born 17 February 1993) is a retired English artistic gymnast who represented Great Britain.

He is also a three-time junior European champion and won individual horizontal bar gold at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore.

[6] At the European Gymnastics Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2008, where he was the youngest member of the British team,[4] Oldham broke his wrist during his floor routine.

[9] Later that year, he was selected to be in the British delegation to the European Youth Olympic Festival in Tampere, Finland, where he won two golds[5] in the pommel horse and parallel bars events.

[9] Oldham was named BBC East Midlands' Junior Sports Personality of the Year in 2009 for his performances in Tampere and for sweeping all seven golds available at the English national championships.

[13] By winning the individual all-around, Oldham secured qualification to represent Great Britain at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore.

[24] In 2011, Oldham was included along with Samuel Hunter, Daniel Purvis, Theo Seager, Louis Smith and Kristian Thomas in the British squad travelling to Berlin, Germany for the 2011 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships from 6 to 10 April, again as the youngest member of the delegation representing Great Britain.

[28] Despite his injury setback, Oldham ended the first year of his senior career by winning all-around silver at the British national championships, which doubled as the final selection trial for the Olympic Games.

In event finals, Oldham won the silver medal in high bar (14.866) behind 2012 Olympic champion Epke Zonderland.

[36] Following the 2021 Men’s Artistic British Championships, where he won a gold medal on the Horizontal Bar with a score of 13.900, Oldham announced his official retirement from elite gymnastics on 14 September 2021.