The Sam Oldham Podcast
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166 episodes
The Anna Hopkin MBE Story | EP 166
At the 2020 Summer Olympics, which were ultimately held in 2021 due to the global pandemic, Anna Hopkin swam the anchor leg for Team GB’s 4 x 100m mixed medley relay team alongside Kathleen Dawson, Adam Peaty and James Guy. Together, they won O...
The Kameron Nelson Story | EP 165
In 2025, at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia, Kameron Nelson announced himself on the world stage. Competing in his first major championships for Team USA, Nelson qualified for the floor exercise final and narro...
Gymnastics Show April 26 Neutral Deductions & Stag Media | EP 164
🥇 In 2026, we’re launching a brand‑new monthly gymnastics show on The Sam Oldham Podcast. Each month, we’ll explore the biggest names, emerging storylines, and major championship build‑ups in artistic gymnastics — ...
The Bram Verhofstad Story | EP 163
At the 2017 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Montreal, Bram Verhofstad delivered a standout performance, qualifying for the floor exercise final and finishing fourth. He trailed a podium of elite competitors: Kenzo Shirai, Artem Dolgo...
The Kacper Garnczarek Story | EP 162
Kacper Garnczarek has already built an impressive résumé in the world of artistic gymnastics. At the 2025 European Championships, he qualified for the men’s all-around final and made history as part of Poland’s first-ever mixed team final.<...
The Victor Yeo Story | EP 161
In December 2025 Victor Yeo made his mixed martial arts professional debut winning by unanimous decision against Zanyar Kamaran. Victor had previously been a very successful British male gymnast out of Devon winning multiple junior National tit...
The Hiroaki Sato Story | EP 160
In 2024 at the Paris Olympic Games. Hiroaki Sato lead the Japanese men's artistic gymnastics team to victory as the head coach in the men's team final winning gold for Japan. In 2017 Hiroaki was asked by his childhood friend Kohei Uchimura to p...
Gymnastics Show British Champs March 2026 | EP 159
Welcome to Episode 3 of the Gymnastics Show on The Sam Oldham Podcast.In 2026, we’re launching a brand-new monthly series dedicated to the world of artistic gymnastics. Across the year, you can expect deep dives into the sport’s biggest ...
British Championships 2026 Athlete Interviews | EP 158
On Friday March the 20th 2026 at the 118th British artistic gymnastics championships we had the opportunity to interview some of the biggest names in the sport. In 2026 we will see three major championships take place and the official LA 2028 O...
The Chris Smith Story | EP 157
In 2010 at the age of 18, my Dad contacted Red Bull who had seen me perform at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore winning Gold and Silver in artistic gymnastics for Team GB. I was approached by a sports management company and introduced to Ch...
Gymnastics Show February 26 Neutral Deductions | EP 156
In 2026, we’re launching a brand-new monthly gymnastics show on The Sam Oldham Podcast. Across the year, you can expect deep dives into the biggest names in the sport, the major storylines building toward championship events, and post-...
The Justin Spring Story | EP 155
In 2008 at the Beijing Olympic Games, Justin Spring was part of the USA men's artistic gymnastics team that won the bronze medal in the team event. Justin's journey to becoming an Olympian in 2008 was anything but straight forward and in 2007 w...
The Lukas Dauser Story | EP 154
In 2023, Lukas Dauser performed a near perfect parallel bars routine at the men's artistic gymnastics World championships to win the gold medal for team Germany. Lukas took silver on his favoured event at the Tokyo Olympic Games that were held ...
The Neil Thomas Story | EP 153
In 1993, Neil Thomas won a World gymnastics championships floor exercise silver medal for Great Britain in men's artistic gymnastics in front of a home crowd in Birmingham. A year later in 1994, Neil performed one of the best routines of his pr...
The Eileen Langsley Story | EP 152
In 1983, Eileen Langsley became the official photographer of the international gymnastics federation and held that position for nearly two decades. Eileen has photographed fourteen Olympic Games throughout her career and specialised in artistic...
The Abigail Martin Story | EP 151
In 2025, Abigail Martin won the World gymnastics championships bronze medal on the floor exercise for Great Britain in the sport of women artistic gymnastics. At the age of just sixteen Abi was selected to represent Team GB at the Paris 2024 Ol...
The Crystelle Lake Story | EP 150
In 2025, Crystelle Lake represented Great Britain at the World University Games in the sport of women's artistic gymnastics finishing 9th place in the all around final. Crystelle is the Scottish women's all around National champion and over the...
The Gymnastics Show January 26 | EP 149
In 2026, we’re launching a brand-new monthly gymnastics show on The Sam Oldham Podcast. Across the year, you can expect deep dives into the biggest names in the sport, the major storylines building toward championship events, and post-...
The Stacey Ervin Jr Story | EP 148
In 2014, Stacey Ervin Jr was part of the Michigan men's gymnastics team that won back to back NCAA championships titles. Alongside World championships medalist Sam Mikulak, Stacey Ervin was a key member of the Michigan gymnastics program under ...
Slow And Steady Wins The Race | EP 147
2025 has been an amazing year in sport of Artistic gymnastics and for me personally. On the Sam Oldham Podcast we released our 100th episode with the great Fabian Hambuchen. We've interviewed nine Olympic medalists and self produced three short...
The Megan Kealy Story | EP 146
In 2021 Megan Kealy became the individual World champion at the tumbling World championships and throughout the course of her career she has now won a total of fifteen World championships medals in the sport. This summer she took gold at the Wo...
The Clay Stephens Story | EP 145
In 2022 at the Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, Clay Stephens finished 11th in the all around final, 4th with the Australian men's gymnastics team snd qualified for two individual apparatus finals. Clay has battled against insurmountable ...
The Steve Frew Story | EP 144
In 2002 at the Commonwealth games held in Manchester. Steve Frew won a historic gold medal in the sport of artistic gymnastics on the still rings. Throughout his professional career Steve represented Scotland at five Commonwealth Games and Grea...
The Joe Fraser Story 2 | EP 143
At the 2025 World artistic gymnastics championships in Indonesia, Joe Fraser won the horizontal bar bronze medal and became the first British man in history to stand upon the podium. Joe was part of the British team that finished 4th in the men...
Junior World Gymnastics Championships 2025 | EP 142
In November 2025, the third edition of the Junior World gymnastics championships took place in the Philippines. I'm going to be discussing my big takeaways from the men's team event in which the Chinese men came out on top ahead of team Japan, ...
