Bert Oldershaw, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bert Oldershaw

Canadian canoeist

Date of Birth: 10-Nov-1921

Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Date of Death: 28-Mar-2006

Profession: canoeist

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Herbert "Bert" Oldershaw (November 10, 1921 in Toronto – March 28, 2006 in Burlington, Ontario) was a Canadian sprint canoeist and sprint kayaker who competed from the late 1940s to the late 1950s.
Competing in three Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of fifth in the C-2 10000 m event at London in 1948.Oldershaw was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame 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, 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.