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| Full name | Andrew Cassell | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Cowes Corinthian Yacht Club Island Sailing Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrew "Andy" Cassell is a British Paralympic sailor who won gold at the 1996 Summer Paralympics, where the sport made its Paralympic debut.
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.
References
- "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
- Andy Cassell at World Sailing
- Andrew Cassell at the International Paralympic Committee
- Andrew Cassell Foundation on Facebook
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- British sailors
- Paralympic sailors for Great Britain
- English male sailors (sport)
- Sailors at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
- Sailors at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Great Britain
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
- Living people
- Paralympic medalists in sailing
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