Sam Oldham
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Sam Oldham with his silver medal from the 2015 European Championships
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| Full name | Sam Joshua Oldham | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Great Britain England
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| Born | 17 February 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Loughborough students gymnastics club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sam Joshua Oldham (born 17 February 1993) is an English artistic gymnast who represents Great Britain. He was part of the British men's team at the 2012 Summer Olympics that won bronze in the team competition. He is also 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. Oldham currently lives in Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, England with his parents and three siblings.
Sam's first school was Crossdale Drive Primary School in Keyworth. Oldham then attended Rushcliffe School in West Bridgford before leaving the institution at 14 to be home-taught so he could focus on training.
Oldham first started in gymnastics at the age of seven on the recommendation of his teacher, but was also a talented footballer. Oldham played in the Notts County F.C. Centre of Excellence as a forward until the club closed it down. Despite receiving offers from Nottingham Forest F.C. and Derby County F.C., Oldham chose to focus on gymnastics. Oldham's father and grandfather were both footballers, and his younger brother currently plays in the Nottingham Forest youth setup.
Oldham is a Manchester United F.C. 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.
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. His other training partners included eventual pommel horse bronze medallist Louis Smith. Smith later thanked Oldham for being his training partner leading up to Beijing.
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