Alfred Loomis (sailor)
American investment banker and sailor (1913–1994)
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Alfred Lee Loomis Jr. (April 15, 1913 – September 7, 1994) was an American investment banker and Olympic sailing champion who 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.
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| Full name | Alfred Lee Loomis Jr. | ||||||||||||||
| Born | April 15, 1913 Tuxedo Park, New York, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Died | September 7, 1994 (aged 81) New York, New York, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sailing | ||||||||||||||
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He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he won a gold medal in the 6 metre class with the boat Llanoria, together with Herman Whiton, James Smith, Michael Mooney, who later married his daughter, Nancy, and James Weekes.[1][2]
He graduated from Harvard University in 1935[3] and from Harvard Law School in 1939.[4]
He was the son of Alfred Lee Loomis and Elizabeth Ellen Farnsworth. He was married to the late Virginia Davis and had three daughters, Candace, Nancy, Sabra and a son, Alfred, III. [4]
