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The Sam Oldham Podcast

Sam Oldham

147 episodes

14 hours ago

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 films in the past twelve months. I was given the opportunity to share my expertise as part of the BBC broadcasting team's coverage of the European and World gymnastics championships. I've continued to share my Olympic story with schools across the coun...

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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 films in the past twelve months. I was given the opportunity to share my expertise as part of the BBC broadcasting team's coverage of the European and World gymnastics championships. I've continued to share my Olympic story with schools across the coun...

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Episodes (20/147)

The Sam Oldham Podcast

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 World Games in Chengdu China and most recently at the 2025 World tumbling championships Megan won silver and bronze medal with the British team. Just a few weeks ago she suffered an ankle injury whilst training and our conversation took place the day befo...

1 week ago

1 hour 5 minutes

The Sam Oldham Podcast

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 adversity throughout his career which has resulted in him undergoing six surgeries. As a child he was diagnosed with Poland syndrome which for him means he was born with only one pectoral muscle. Early in his adult life Clay was diagnosed with bowel can...

2 weeks ago

1 hour 44 minutes

The Sam Oldham Podcast

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 Great Britain at two World gymnastics championships. In the early days of his senior gymnastics career Steve worked as a full time postman in order to pursue his dreams of becoming an Olympian. Since retiring from the sport he has dedicated his time to insp...

3 weeks ago

1 hour 18 minutes

The Sam Oldham Podcast

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's Olympic team final and individually he finished 5th all around in France twelve months ago. Throughout his career he has won a total of twelve major championships medals and is the only British man to have won an all round major championships title t...

4 weeks ago

1 hour 40 minutes

The Sam Oldham Podcast

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, who were very closely followed by the three man US squad. The all around crown was won by the Russian gymnast Arsenii Dukhno who was competing as a neutral athlete. He edged out the Asian Games champion from Japan Nao Ojima with Yang Lanbin the top Chin...

1 month ago

51 minutes

The Sam Oldham Podcast

The Brody Malone Story | EP 141

At the 2025 World gymnastics championships, Brody Malone won his second World title for the US men's gymnastics team on the horizontal bar. Brody was a key member of the five man US team that took the bronze medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games twelve months ago. In 2023 he sustained an extremely serious knee injury whilst performing on the high bar at an international event in Germany, which required multiple surgeries and a lengthy rehabilitation process. Remarkably Brody was able to make ...

1 month ago

1 hour 29 minutes

The Sam Oldham Podcast

The Irish National Team Interviews | EP 140

In March 2024 we travelled out to Ireland to shoot our latest short film with the Paris 2024 men's artistic gymnastics pommel horse Olympic champion Rhys McClenaghan. Rhys shares his story of self discovery and chasing Olympic perfection following his 7th place finish at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Whilst in Dublin we were lucky enough to speak with former Irish National team member and now junior National coach Andrew Smith about Rhys's journey. His team mates Adam Steele and Eamon Montgom...

1 month ago

25 minutes

The Sam Oldham Podcast

2025 World Gymnastics Championships Debrief | EP 139

At the 2025 World gymnastics championships, Daiki Hashimoto became the men's all around champion for the third consecutive year. He defended his title against strong challenges from the current Olympic all around champion Oka Shinosuke of Japan and runner up Zhang Boheng of team China. Hashimoto now stands alone as the second most successful World championships men's all round athlete with three gold's, behind the great Kohei Uchimura who won six titles. In the apparatus finals the level of c...

2 months ago

1 hour 11 minutes

The Sam Oldham Podcast

A Conversation With Daniel Keatings | EP 138

In this episode of the Sam Oldham podcast I'm joined by Daniel Keatings. Dan won a total of eleven major championships medals in the sport of men's gymnastics throughout his career and represented Team GB at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Since retiring from a career in professional sports, Dan like many others before him has struggled with both physically and mentally as a result of performing at the very highest level in sport. In light of the tragic passing of the great Ricky Hatton and r...

2 months ago

1 hour 6 minutes

The Sam Oldham Podcast

The Adam Tobin Story | EP 137

In 2023, Adam Tobin was crowned the men's artistic British all around gymnastics champion at the echo arena in Liverpool. Following his National success, Adam was selected to represent Great Britain at the European championships alongside his four team mates: Jake Jarman, Luke Whitehouse, Courtney Tulloch and Joshua Nathan, winning a team bronze medal. He was a successful junior athlete and was part of the 2018 Junior European championships silver medal winning team which included the likes o...

2 months ago

58 minutes

The Sam Oldham Podcast

The Donnell Whittenburg Story | EP 136

In 2014, at the World gymnastics championships in Nanning China. Donnell Whittenburg burst onto the international stage at the age of twenty, performing incredibly difficult gymnastics routines and helping team USA win the bronze medal. One year later, Donnell was able to keep his composure under immense pressure and stood atop the World championships vault podium winning bronze again alongside the Olympic champion Ri Se-gwang and the great Marian Dragulescu. Most recently Donnell has been se...

2 months ago

48 minutes

The Sam Oldham Podcast

The Kazuma Kaya Story | EP 135

In 2024 at the Paris Olympic Games, Kazuma Kaya captained the Japanese men's gymnastics team to the gold medal in the Olympic team final. Four years earlier, Kazuma and the Japanese men had finished second to the Russian federation by just 0.103 tenths of a point. Individually at the same Tokyo 2020 home Olympic Games, he claimed the pommel horse bronze medal for team Japan. Currently Kazuma is recovering from a ruptured achilles tendon injury but has hopes of defending the Japanese team Olym...

3 months ago

57 minutes

The Sam Oldham Podcast

The Struggle Of A Retired Sportsman | EP 134

In 2025 I've had the opportunity to reconnect with many of my former team mates and have enjoyed spending quality time with them over the summer. We have all had very unique experiences as elite athletes competing at the very highest level of competition. Between us we have won Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth medals representing Great Britain in the sport of gymnastics. Retiring from elite sport as a young man or woman presents significant challenges & often results in a loss of...

3 months ago

52 minutes

The Sam Oldham Podcast

US Gymnastics Championships & Worlds Preview | EP 133

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...

3 months ago

1 hour 18 minutes

The Sam Oldham Podcast

The Dominick Cunningham Story | EP 132

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...

3 months ago

1 hour 39 minutes

The Sam Oldham Podcast

British Gymnastics World Championships Trial | EP 131

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...

3 months ago

44 minutes

The Sam Oldham Podcast

The World Of Gymnastics Q&A | EP 130

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...

4 months ago

1 hour 1 minute

The Sam Oldham Podcast

The Jake Dalton Story | EP 129

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...

4 months ago

59 minutes

The Sam Oldham Podcast

The Casimir Schmidt Story | EP 128

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, Casimir tra...

4 months ago

1 hour 6 minutes

The Sam Oldham Podcast

The Luke Whitehouse Story | EP 127

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...

5 months ago

1 hour 22 minutes