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At seven years old I walked into a gymnastics club for the very first time. I was hooked. For the next twenty one years, I dedicated my life to becoming an Olympic champion. I'm going to share with you the life lessons, experiences and stories that have shaped the man I am today. I'm now starting a new chapter in my life beyond my sporting career and look forward to bringing you along with me.
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In August 2025, the US National gymnastics championships took place in New Orleans. The very best athletes in America were competing for the National title and a spot on the World championships team that will represent Team USA in Jakarta in October. This week I'm joined by Kensley Behel of Neutral Deductions to discuss the US championships performances, the subsequent team selection and look ahead to the first major global championships of the LA 2028 Olympic cycle. At the 2024 Paris Olympic...
In 2018, Dominick Cunningham became the third male British artistic gymnast to win the European floor exercise title at the European gymnastics championships in Glasgow. Dominick was a consistent member of the British team throughout the Tokyo Olympic cycle qualifying for six individual major championships apparatus finals in the process and winning a European team silver medal. At the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia Dominick and team England dominated the competition winning the team go...
In August 2025, the men's and women's British artistic gymnastics World championships trials took place at the Lilleshall National sports centre. It was a rare opportunity to watch the very best athletes in the country compete in high level competition and see behind the curtain. I'm going to be talking about some of the standout performances and my big takeaways following the event which include highlights from Joe Fraser and Alex Cash. I'll also share my personal experiences visiting Singap...
In this episode of "The Sam Oldham Podcast" I'm going to be answering questions that have been sent in by some of our amazing listeners. I'll also look at some current topical stories from the world of gymnastics and share some of my own recent personal experiences. This is the 130th episode of the podcast which marks the two and a half year anniversary of the start of the show. Thank you to all of our listeners for their continued support and of course the sponsors who believe in the work th...
In 2011 at the World gymnastics championships in Tokyo. Jake Dalton helped the US men's team finish on the podium, winning a bronze medal just one year out from the London 2012 Olympic Games. Less than twelve months later Jake and his four US team mates qualified in first place ahead of the Olympic team final. After early error's however they finished the event in 5th place but just two years later they were able to learn from the mistakes made in London and once again finish back on the meda...
In May 2025, Casimir Schmidt finished 8th all around in the European men's artistic gymnastics final at the age of 29. At the junior European championships in 2012 he won the gold medal for team Netherlands on vault which was the beginning of an amazing career. Throughout his gymnastics journey Casimir has competed in a total of 9 major championships all around finals finishing 13th on the biggest stage of all at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Following last summer's Olympic Games, Casimi...
In May 2025, Luke Whitehouse made history by winning his third consecutive European men's artistic gymnastics floor title in Leipzig, Germany. Luke is the first British male artistic gymnast to win three individual gold medals on a single apparatus at major championships level. He was selected to represent Great Britain at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and competed in both the team and floor individual event finals. At the time of recording this episode Luke was preparing to fly back out to Ge...
In 2025 Jamie Lewis became the British all around champion at the men's artistic gymnastics championships. He was subsequently selected to represent Great Britain at the European championships and went on to win team gold in Leipzig. Jamie is one of the most successful British junior gymnasts of all time winning total of six European medals. Since that early success Jamie has battled with injuries including a serious injury on the High bar which occurred when his hand guards locked in place. ...
At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games Sarah Voss was the only female artistic gymnast to represent team Germany in the sport of gymnnastics. Incredibly she did so after being officially diagnosed with Lyme-Borreliose disease and mononucleosis following twelve months of disruption to her training schedule, due to extreme fatigue. In 2021 Sarah was the first female women's artistic gymnast to cover her legs for none religious reasons, by wearing a full bodysuit at the European championships. A year l...
In this episode of the Sam Oldham podcast I'm going to talk about five of the biggest mistakes I made as a young aspiring athlete. Avoiding these traps will give you a chance of competing at the highest level in your chosen sport and most importantly. Staying there. There're many obstacles along the road on the journey towards success but sometimes if you're able to listen a little more, talk a little less and get out of your own way. As I learned throughout my 21 year career competing in men...
In May 2025 Andreas Toba performed his final international gymnastics routine for Germany at the European championships in Leipzig. Andy won the silver medal in front of a home crowd and announced his retirement from the sport of men's artistic gymnastics following an incredible career. He has represented Germany at four Olympic Games and competed at the very highest level in 22 major championships events. His father Marius Toba competed at three Olympic Games himself and has helped guide his...
In 2014 Joel Fearon represented Great Britain at the winter Olympic games in Sochi, Russia. Hew was part of the four man bobsleigh team that were awarded the bronze medal following the disqualification of the two Russian teams for doping violations. Two years later Joel became the seventh fastest man in British sprinting history by running the 100m in 9.96 seconds. After his athletic career where he trained under the tutelage of Michael Khmel at the Birchfield harriers club. He's now turned h...
In May 2025 the European gymnastics championships took place in the city of Leipzig in Germany. A week prior to the event, I was asked to be part of the BBC broadcasting team covering the European championships from media house in Salford Manchester. I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to sit down and watch the apparatus finals live in the studio and then catch up with the earlier events that had taken place throughout the week. In this episode I cover all the big moments from the competitio...
In 2021 Shane Wiskus represented team USA at the Tokyo Olympic Games, helping the men's gymnastics team finish 5th. Shane finished 9th individually on floor just missing the out on the Olympic final and 23rd in the All around but suffered from the two per country rule in the sport. He competed for the University of Minnesota throughout his NCAA college career up until the program was controversially disbanded in 2021. Shane has won a total of five Pan American championships medals and multipl...
In 2013 whilst taking part in the Pro Gymnastics Challenge as part of the World team I heard a familiar voice introduce himself to me. Mike Chanales had been the cameraman, coach, physio, sports psychologist and best friend to Paul and Morgan Hamm as they attempted to make a comeback ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Mike fell in love with the sport of Artistic gymnastics in the early nineties and went on to represent the Ohio state university college gymnastics team in the NCAA c...
In this episode of the Sam Oldham podcast I'm joined by Kensley Behel the lady behind the Neutral Deductions men's gymnastics channel. Kensley will be travelling to Germany to cover the 2025 European gymnastics championships in Leipzig that will take place in May. We take a look at the top teams heading into the event and chat about the individual athletes we expect to be challenging for the podium places. The Ukrainian team will be without Illia Kovtun who has switched federations since the ...
In the summer of 2024 Sam Mikulak was part of the coaching team that supported the US Men's gymnastics team on their way to the Olympic podium at the Paris Olympic Games. Sam Mikulak had incredible gymnastics career winning six national titles, two world championships medals and he represented Team USA at three Olympic Games. Sam was part of the Michigan wolverines college gymnastics team that won back to back NCAA titles in 2013 and 2014 and has a gymnastics skill named after him in the code...
In March 2025 I was fortunate enough to spend a weekend with the current Olympic pommel horse champion Rhys McClenaghan. I was taken back by his incredible attention to detail, all around professionalism and overwhelming generosity. These were all qualities I had experienced a few months earlier whilst filming with the Rio 2016 Olympic High bar champion Fabian Hambuchen. Growing up alongside the greatest British gymnast of all time Max Whitlock MBE, I witnessed first hand exactly what i...
In April 2025 Joe Fishburn broke the eliminator record on his way to winning the final of gladiators series 2 and he lifted the famous trophy at the Sheffield arena. Joe is a two time European medalist in the sport of gymnastics competing in the discipline of team gym which includes tumbling, vaulting and a the floor exercise. He represented the sport of gymnastics throughout the game show excelling in many of the events on his way towards the final. Joe trained with Roddy Mackay, who was one...
In 2021 Eddie Penev tore his anterior cruciate ligament in his knee for the third time whilst preparing for the Tokyo Olympic qualification event for team USA. Eddie first represented Bulgaria following in the footsteps of his parents who both competed at the highest level in the sport of gymnastics for their country. At the 2010 World gymnastics championships Eddie qualified for the floor exercises final finishing in 6th place. Seven years later he repeated that achievement at the World cham...
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