Sam Oldham is a young and talented British gymnast who recently made his first appearance at a senior Championship this year having just turned 18. Sam competes in the ‘all-around’ discipline which involves mastering all of the individual apparatus: Floor, High Bar, Vault, Pommel Horse, Parallel Bars and Rings. It is the most demanding event of all in artistic gymnastics and Sam has his eyes firmly set on laying down a marker in the world of gymnastics.

Sam has an incredible aptitude and began his sporting career at the age of 8 playing football at the Nottingham County Football Club’s Centre of Excellence, with offers from Nottingham Forest and Derby County Football Club, Sam’s adulation for gymnastics shone through with his goal being the London 2012 games.

Sam was crowned European Junior Champion in 2008 and went on to win two Gold medals at the European Youth Olympics and three Gold medals at the 2010 European Junior Championships. The 2011 European Championships in Berlin saw him make his senior debut and Sam put in a performance of huge quality and maturity to finish 4th. He is now on course to become one of Great Britain’s greatest ever gymnasts and has got a great chance of achieving a medal at the Olympics in 2012.

Sam is being widely recognised for his achievements even at such a young age, he won the BBC East Midlands Sports Personality of the Year award in 2008 and was nominated in the top 10 for BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year in 2010, testaments to the reputation that Sam is building himself in the sporting world. He has a colossal future ahead of him and is destined to stamp his mark on the 2012 London Olympics and beyond.

His profile is already growing with appearances on primetime television, ‘Olympic Countdown Special- Ones to Watch’. He is a confident young man who is devoted to his sport and his attitude and drive is exemplary. Sam is looking to deliver a lasting relationship with a number of exciting brands in his journey to breaking the boundaries of British Gymnastics.