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| Full name | Andrew Cassell | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Andy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1942 Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 18 March 2025 (aged 82) Cowes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Cowes Corinthian Yacht Club Island Sailing Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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. [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]
Andrew Cassell died aged 82 in 2025 at Cowes following a short illness. He remained active at Cowes Corinthian Yacht Club and the Andrew Cassell Foundation until his death. [4]
