Andrew "Andy" Cassell is a British Paralympic sailor who won gold at the 1996 Summer Paralympics, where the sport made its Paralympic debut.[2]
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| Full name | Andrew Cassell | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Cowes Corinthian Yacht Club Island Sailing Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Residing in Cowes on the Isle of Wight he had been sailing for decades before the Paralympics and worked for Ratsey and Lapthorne sailmakers sailing in high-profile yachting events. He was one of the early advocates of sailing being included in the Paralympics and in 1996 he founded the Andrew Cassell Foundation which purchased a fleet of sonar keelboats which have been used to introduce thousands of disabled people to sailing. The Foundation is still active 25 years later.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Cassell wins silver medal at disabled worlds". Yachting World. 2 November 2001. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Andrew Cassell". Paralympic.org. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Andrew Cassell Foundation About Us Page". Retrieved 5 August 2021.
External links
edit- Andy Cassell at World Sailing
- Andrew Cassell at the International Paralympic Committee
- Andrew Cassell Foundation on Facebook
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