| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Competitor for the United States | ||
| Sailing | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Gold | 1948 London | 6m class |
Alfred L. Loomis, Jr. (April 15, 1913 – September 7, 1994) was a pioneering investment banker and an American sailor and Olympic champion. He won the Bermuda race twice. In 1977, he was manager of the Independence-Courageous syndicate, the yachting team that successfully defended the America's Cup that year.
He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he won a gold medal in the 6 metre class with the boat Uanoria, together with Herman Whiton, James Smith, Michael Mooney, who later married his daughter, Nancy, and James Weekes.[1]
He was married to the late Virginia Davis and has three daughters, Nancy Chance, of Austerlitz, N.Y.; Sabra Loomis, of New York City, and Candace Lake DiLello, of Los Angeles; a son, Alfred L. "Chip" Loomis, III, of New York City; a brother, Henry Loomis, of Jacksonville, Fla.; and five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.[2]