Udo Hessels (born 25 August 1965) is a Dutch

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 2004 and gold in 2012 both in the three person keelboat the

sonar Sonar (sound navigation and ranging or sonic navigation and ranging) is a technique that uses sound propagation (usually underwater, as in submarine navigation) to navigation, navigate, measure distances (ranging), communicate with or detect o ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hessels, Udo 1965 births Living people Dutch disabled sportspeople Dutch male sailors (sport) Sonar class world champions Disabled sailing world champions World champions in sailing for the Netherlands Paralympic sailors for the Netherlands Paralympic medalists in sailing Paralympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Sailors at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Sailors at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Sailors at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Sailors at the 2012 Summer Paralympics