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Andy Cassell

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Andy Cassell
Personal information
Full nameAndrew Cassell
Sailing career
ClubCowes Corinthian Yacht Club
Island Sailing Club
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  United Kingdom
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Mixed Three Person Sonar
IFDS World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2001 Mixed Three Person Sonar[1]

Andrew "Andy" Cassell is a British Paralympic sailor who won gold at the 1996 Summer Paralympics, where the sport made its Paralympic debut.[2]

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

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  1. ^ "Cassell wins silver medal at disabled worlds". Yachting World. 2 November 2001. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Andrew Cassell". Paralympic.org. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Andrew Cassell Foundation About Us Page". Retrieved 5 August 2021.
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