The Sam Oldham Podcast

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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.

  1. The Rhys McClenaghan Story | EP 113

    11H AGO

    The Rhys McClenaghan Story | EP 113

    In 2024 Rhys McClenaghan made history becoming the first Irish men's artistic gymnast to ever win an Olympic medal. Performing one of the greatest pommel horse routines of all time to become the Paris 2024 Olympic champion. Rhys is the only gymnast to have ever held the European, Commonwealth Games, World championships and Olympic titles at the same time. He is now a Red Bull athlete and recently took part in Dancing with the stars winning the TV reality show trophy. His Olympic legacy will i...

    1h 27m
  2. The Winston Powell Story | EP 112

    APR 14

    The Winston Powell Story | EP 112

    In 2023 Winston Powell represented Great Britain at the junior World gymnastics championships. Winston qualified for the all around final in seventh place and two individual apparatus finals at his first global championships, competing against the best young talents in the World. Most recently he finished an impressive 9th all around at the British gymnastics championships and took the bronze medal on the High Bar for the city of Birmingham gymnastics club. Winston hosts a gymnastics podcast ...

    1h 17m
  3. Presenting The British Championships Live | EP 111

    APR 7

    Presenting The British Championships Live | EP 111

    In January 2025 I sent out an email to all the contacts I still have in sports media and broadcasting. This is something I've done now for the past four years but have had a very limited success. However this year British gymnastics contacted me to see if I would like to be part of the live broadcasting team, covering the British gymnastics championships which would be shown live on the BBC. Alongside Sydney Davis in the studio we covered the British championships all around event and apparat...

    1h 1m

  4. MAR 31

    The Syque Caesar Story | EP 110

    In 2012 Syque Caesar made history when he represented Bangladesh at the London Olympic Games in men's gymnastics. He also captained the Michigan wolverines college team winning back to back NCAA titles in 2013 and 2014. Following his gymnastics career Syque turned his attention to coaching the next generation of US athletes, spending six years at Stanford university as an assistant coach. He then went on to coach out of the US Olympic training centre before taking on his current role at EVO g...

    1h 32m
  5. British Championships 2025 Athlete Interviews | EP 109

    MAR 24

    British Championships 2025 Athlete Interviews | EP 109

    In March 2025 the 117th British gymnastics championships took place in Liverpool at the M&S Bank arena. We were kindly invited by the British gymnastics media team to attend the Podium training session and had the opportunity to interview some of the top male gymnasts competing. The British all around men's gymnastics title is the most prestigious domestic trophy in Great Britain and the winner is awarded the original trophy from 1896. This championships marks the start of a brand new Oly...

    26 min
  6. The Ellie Black Story | EP 108

    MAR 17

    The Ellie Black Story | EP 108

    In 2024 at the Paris Olympic Games Ellie Black became a four time Olympian, helping the Canadian women's gymnastics team finish 5th in the final. Individually Ellie finished 6th in the All around event and she was the recipient of the Olympic fair play award for her act of sportsmanship towards fellow competitor Melanie De Jesus Dos Santons. Ellie Black is the most decorated female Canadian gymnast of all time and has won three World championships medals throughout her incredible career to da...

    1h 13m
  7. Frederick "Flips" Richard Chapter 2 | EP 107

    MAR 10

    Frederick "Flips" Richard Chapter 2 | EP 107

    In 2024 at the Paris Olympics Frederick Richard was part of the US men's gymnastics team that won the bronze medal for the first time since the Beijing 2008 Games. Since then he has used that success as a springboard to build his brand Frederick Flips and he's also collaborated with some of the biggest superstars on the planet. Teaming up with Noah Lyles the 100m Olympic champion to learn how to sprint faster and showing IShowSpeed how to do a double backflip. The rules in gymnastics have cha...

    1h 13m
  8. The Lucie Colebeck Story | EP 106

    MAR 3

    The Lucie Colebeck Story | EP 106

    In 2015 Lucie Colebeck won the individual silver medal at the World tumbling championships in Odense Denmark. Throughout her career Lucie won multiple major championships medals for Great Britain and trained at Pinewood gymnastics club under the watchful eye of coach Vladimir Podobin. She went on to perform with Cirque Du Solei following her successful tumbling career in the world famous Algeria show. Lucie's attention has now turned to content creation. She is building a large community...

    1h 12m
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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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    • Creator
      Sam Oldham
    • Years Active
      2023 - 2025
    • Episodes
      113
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      © 2025 The Sam Oldham Podcast
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