Herbert "Bert" Oldershaw (November 10, 1921 in

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– March 28, 2006 in

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) was a

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sprint canoeist Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed sprint canoes or sprint kayaks on calm water over a short distance. Prior to November 2008, canoe sprint was known as flatwater racing. The term is still in use today ...

and sprint kayaker who competed from the late 1940s to the late 1950s.Bert was a founding member of the Toronto Island Canoe Club. Competing in three

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, he earned his best finish of fifth in the C-2 10000 m event at

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. Bert's partner was Bill Stevenson. Oldershaw was inducted into the

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in 2004 in both athlete and builder categories. He is a father of Dean Oldershaw, Reed Oldershaw and Scott Oldershaw and grandfather of

Mark Oldershaw Mark Oldershaw (born February 7, 1983) is a Canadian canoe racing, sprint canoeist. Oldershaw won the bronze medal in the C-1 1000 m at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He is a third generation Canadian Olympic canoer, fifth family member ...

, all of whom competed for Canada in the Olympics. Mark Oldershaw won a bronze medal for Canada at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, 64 years after his grandfather Bert competed there.

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1921 births 2006 deaths Canadian male canoeists Canoeists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for Canada Canoeists from Toronto 20th-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-canoe-bio-stub