Émile Lachapelle | |
Birth Name: | Émile Henri Lachapelle |
Birth Date: | 12 September 1905 |
Death Date: | February 1988 (aged 82) |
Sport: | Rowing |
Émile Henri Lachapelle (12 September 1905 – February 1988) was a Swiss rowing coxswain and sailor who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1]
In 1924 he won the gold medal as coxswain with the Swiss boat in the coxed pair event.[2] At the same Olympic Games, he replaced Walter Loosli as coxswain for the final in the coxed four and won a second gold medal.[3]
In 1948 he was a member of the Swiss boat Ylliam VII which finished seventh in the 6 metre class competition.