Reed Oldershaw (born March 7, 1951 in

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) is a Canadian sprint kayaker who competed in the late 1970s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-1 1000 m event at the

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. He is a son of Bert Oldershaw, and brother of

Dean Oldershaw Dean Oldershaw (born August 7, 1946) is a Canadian sprint canoeist and kayaker who competed in the early to mid-1970s. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-1 1000 m and K-4 1000 m events. Four years ...

and

Scott Oldershaw Scott Oldershaw (born February 23, 1954 in Toronto) is a Canadian sprint kayaker who competed in the mid-1980s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-1 500 m event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He later became head coach at t ...

, and uncle of

Mark Oldershaw Mark Oldershaw (born February 7, 1983) is a Canadian 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 to compete a ...

, all of whom have also represented Canada in the Summer Olympics.

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