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Jens Als Andersen

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Jens Als Andersen
Personal information
NationalityDanish
Born (1958-08-22) 22 August 1958 (age 66)
Sport
SportSailing
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Denmark
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London 2.4 Metre
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1999 2.4 Metre

Jens Als Andersen (born 22 August 1958) is a Danish sailor 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).[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Jens Als Andersen". Sailing Sclerosis.
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