born february english artistic represents great_britain british men team summer olympics won bronze team competition time junior european champion won individual horizontal bar gold summer youth olympics singapore personal life born february bob currently lives parents siblings sam school attended leaving institution home taught focus training started age seven recommendation teacher talented played centre excellence forward club closed despite receiving offers chose focus father grandfather younger brother currently plays youth setup fan considers like compete performance winning summer olympics career junior career left school moved age train summer olympics bound lodged family fellow training partners included eventual horse bronze smith later thanked training partner leading beijing switzerland youngest member british team broke wrist floor routine managed complete routine handed helped british team gold junior team event late based company agreed sponsor summer olympics named british team australian youth olympic festival won team gold later year selected british delegation finland won horse parallel bars events named year performances sweeping seven available english national championships european championships birmingham england won gold medals european junior champion team horizontal bar individual winning individual secured qualification represent great_britain summer youth olympics singapore singapore qualified second overall competition finals events floor horse parallel bars horizontal bar silver medal position final suffered fall horizontal bar final apparatus finishing fifth recovered setback win silver horse event missing gold points subsequently followed winning gold horizontal bar event apparatus suffered fall competition despite going finalists score points held gold games coach described having chance making british team summer olympics london smith called amazing talent british head coach predicted absolutely olympic champion considered trying commonwealth games team according plan shelved selected british senior team world artistic championships performances year award junior year award sports awards won senior career named great_britain reserve participate senior world championships youngest member british men team british team qualified final finished seventh team ultimately competition included british squad travelling berlin germany european men artistic championships april youngest member delegation representing great_britain qualified second reserve parallel bars final fourth place final horizontal bar came fourth horizontal bar final major senior final british squad london prepares series olympic january missed breaking world artistic championships october injuring competition british team secured qualification events summer olympics despite injury setback ended year senior career winning silver british national championships doubled final selection trial olympic games attributed performance said better hoped good named british squad olympics trials final chance impress olympic injury youngest member named british team summer olympics won bronze medal men team final north arena july european championships teammates won team great britain silver medal russia total score points event finals won silver medal high bar olympic champion
Sam Oldham