25 Facts About Sam Oldham

Sam Joshua Oldham was born on 17 February 1993 and is a retired English artistic gymnast who represented Great Britain.

Sam Oldham was part of the British men's team at the 2012 Summer Olympics that won bronze in the team competition.

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

Sam Oldham was born on 17 February 1993 to Bob and Dawn Oldham.

Sam Oldham then attended Rushcliffe School in West Bridgford before leaving the institution at 14 to be home-taught so he could focus on training.

Sam Oldham first started in gymnastics at the age of seven on the recommendation of his teacher, but was a talented footballer.

Sam Oldham played in the Notts County FC Centre of Excellence as a forward until the club closed it down.

Sam Oldham is a Manchester United FC fan and considers Vitaly Scherbo to be the gymnast he would most like to compete against, for the latter's performance winning six golds at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Sam Oldham left Rushcliffe School and moved to Huntingdon at the age of 14 to train with the 2008 Summer Olympics-bound gymnasts, where he lodged with the family of fellow gymnast, Cameron MacKenzie.

Smith later thanked Sam Oldham for being his training partner leading up to Beijing.

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

Sam Oldham was named to the British team for the 2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival, where he won team gold.

Sam 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.

At the 2010 European Gymnastics Championships in Birmingham, England, Sam Oldham won three gold medals, becoming European junior champion in the team all-around, the horizontal bar, and the individual all-around.

Sam Oldham was in the silver medal position in the all-around final when he suffered a fall from the horizontal bar, his final apparatus, thus finishing fifth.

Sam Oldham was named as Great Britain's reserve gymnast to participate at the 2010 senior world championships in Rotterdam.

Sam Oldham was the youngest member of the British men's team.

The British team qualified for the final and finished seventh in the team all-around, although Sam Oldham did not ultimately take part in the competition.

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.

Sam Oldham came fourth in the horizontal bar final, which was his first major senior final.

Sam Oldham was to have been part of the British squad at the London Prepares series gymnastics Olympic qualifier in January 2012, but missed out after breaking his collarbone before the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in October 2011, and further injuring himself during that competition.

Sam Oldham attributed his performance, which he said was "better than I could ever have hoped for" and was good enough to see him named to the British squad for the Olympics over Dan Keatings, to the trials being the final chance to impress the Olympic selectors after his injury layoff.

At 19, Sam Oldham was the youngest member to be named to the British team for gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics, which won a bronze medal in the men's team all-around final at the North Greenwich Arena on 30 July.

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

Sam Oldham suffered from ankle ligament damage at the Commonwealth Games in July 2014, but returned to competition nine months later.