Walter Loosli (rowing)

{{short description|Swiss rowing cox}}

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| birth_date = 1901

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| sport = Rowing

| club = RC Lausanne

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{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalGold | 1924 Paris | Coxed four}}

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Walter Loosli (1901–?) was a Swiss coxswain. He competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris with the men's coxed four.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/39761 |title=Walter Loosli |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=29 October 2021}} In the official Olympic record and the FISA database, he coxed all three races.{{cite book |title=Les Jeux de la VIII^e Olympiade Paris 1924 – Rapport Officiel |editor-first=M. |editor-last=Avé |author=Comité Olympique Français |publisher=Librairie de France |location=Paris |trans-title=The Games of the VIIIth Olympiad Paris 1924 – Official Report |language=fr |url=http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf |access-date=30 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410085129/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf |archive-date=10 April 2008 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title= Walter Loosli |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/28753/results/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation |access-date=30 June 2018}} According to the Sports Reference database, Loosli coxed the first heat and the repechage only and was replaced in the final by Émile Lachapelle.{{Cite sports-reference |title = Walter Loosli |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lo/walter-loosli-1.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418061424/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lo/walter-loosli-1.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 18 April 2020 |access-date = 30 June 2018 }} The Swiss team won the final.