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.Bert was a founding member of the Toronto Island Canoe Club.
Competing in three Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of fifth in the C-2 10000 m event at London in 1948.
[1] Bert's partner was Bill Stevenson.
[citation needed] Oldershaw was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 2004 in both athlete and builder categories.
[1] Mark Oldershaw won a bronze medal for Canada at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, 64 years after his grandfather Bert competed there.