Gil Henderson

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameGilbert James "Gil"•Henderson
Used nameGil•Henderson
Born5 September 1926 in Toronto, Ontario (CAN)
Died30 January 2017 in Brantford, Ontario (CAN)
Measurements177 cm / 83 kg
AffiliationsBrampton Gun Club, Brampton (CAN)
NOC Canada

Biography

Gil Henderson took up shooting at the age of 16 and honed his skills while serving in World War II. He began competing at the provincial level in the early 1950s and became Ontario champion in the single and handicap trapshoot in 1955. He became Canadian national champion in the doubles and all-around in 1957, repeating that feat the following year. He competed at the 1958 World Championships and the 1960 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated in the qualifying round of the trap competition in the latter. He later served as team manager for the Canadian trapshooting delegation to the 1974 Commonwealth Games and as an administrator for the shooting team at the 1976 Summer Olympics. A member of the Brampton Gun Club, he was inducted into the Brantford and Area Sports Hall of Recognition in 2010. Outside of sport shooting he was a well-known conservationist and philanthropist and as a youth worked in the mechanical contracting industry.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1960 Summer Olympics Shooting CAN Gil Henderson
Trap, Men (Olympic) AC r1/2