Jens Als Andersen
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Jens Als Andersen (born 22 August 1958) is a Danish
sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the s ...
who has competed in four Paralympics games winning silver in 2000 in the single person keelboat the 2.4m / Norlin Mk3. His professional career was as director at A.P. Møller-Mærsk, the world's largest container shipping company. He broke his back in an accident in 1974 and has competed three times in the Single handed Trans-Atlantic Race (formerly the OSTAR).


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Andersen, Jens Als 1958 births Living people Danish disabled sportspeople Danish male sailors (sport) World champions in sailing for Denmark Disabled sailing world champions Paralympic sailors of Denmark Sailors at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Sailors at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Sailors at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Sailors at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in sailing Paralympic silver medalists for Denmark