{{short description|Dutch Paralympic sailor}} {{use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | honorific_prefix = | name = Jens Als Andersen | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = <!-- only when absolutely necessary --> | alt = | caption = | headercolor = | textcolor = <!-- Personal information --> | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = <!-- if different than name --> | full_name = <!-- if different than name/birth_name --> | nickname = | nationality = Danish | national_team = <!-- only for the country represented in international competition --> | citizenship = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|08|22|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|death year|death month|death day|birth year|birth month|birth day}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | hometown = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = | employer = | agent = | height = <!-- X cm, X m, or X ft Y in (automatic conversion) plus optional year and reference --> | weight = <!-- X kg, X lb, or X st Y lb (automatic conversion) plus optional year and reference --> | spouse = | life_partner = | other_interests = | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> | module = <!-- Sport --> | country = | sport = [[Sailing (sport)|Sailing]] | position = | disability = | disability_class = | weight_class = | weight_class_type = | rank = | event = | event_type = | universityteam = | collegeteam = | league = | league_type = | club = | team = | turnedpro = | turnedpro_type = | partner = | former_partner = | coach = | retired = | coaching = | module2 = <!-- Achievements and titles --> | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | commonwealth = | highestranking = | pb = <!-- Medal record --> | show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|[[Sailing (sport)|Sailing]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{DEN}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Paralympic Games]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[Sailing at the 2000 Summer Paralympics|2012 London]]|2.4 Metre}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver|[[1999 IFDS Disabled Sailing World Championships|1999]]|2.4 Metre}} | medaltemplates-title = | module3 = }}
'''Jens Als Andersen''' (born 22 August 1958) is a Danish [[sailing (sport)|sailor]] who has competed in four Paralympics games winning [[Sailing at the 2000 Summer Paralympics|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).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sailing-sclerosis.orghttps//www.oceansofhope.org/circumnavigation/crew/jens-als-andersen/ |title=Jens Als Andersen |website=Sailing Sclerosis }}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>
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==External links== * {{World Sailing|id=DENJA1|www=jens-als-andersen}} * {{IPC athlete|jens-als-andersen}}
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