Bert Bushnell

Bert Bushnell
Personal information
Full nameBertram Harold Thomas Bushnell
Nickname(s)Bert, Bertie
NationalityEnglish
CitizenshipBritish
Born(1921-09-03)3 September 1921
Wargrave, Berkshire, England
Died10 January 2010(2010-01-10) (aged 88)
Reading, Berkshire, England
Sport
Country Great Britain
SportRowing
Event(s)Single and double sculls
ClubMaidenhead Rowing Club
Former partnerDickie Burnell
Retired1951
Medal record
Men's rowing
Gold medal – first place 1948 London Double sculls

Bertram Harold Thomas Bushnell (3 September 1921 – 10 January 2010) was a British rower who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal alongside Dickie Burnell in the double sculls, having had hopes to compete in the single sculls following a series of victories whilst competing in South America.

Having initially competed in athletics whilst at school, he took up competitive rowing in 1939, and during the Second World War he worked at John I. Thornycroft & Company's shipyard as a marine engineer and was involved in the evacuation of Dunkirk. He retired from rowing in 1951 and ran his own company renting cabin cruisers, and had three children.