# Jens Als Andersen

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Dutch Paralympic sailor

Jens Als Andersen Personal information Nationality Danish Born (1958-08-22) 22 August 1958 (age 67) Sport Sport Sailing

**Jens Als Andersen** (born 22 August 1958) is a Danish [sailor](/source/Sailing_(sport)) who has competed in four Paralympics games winning [silver in 2000](/source/Sailing_at_the_2000_Summer_Paralympics) 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

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Jens Als Andersen"](http://www.sailing-sclerosis.orghttps//www.oceansofhope.org/circumnavigation/crew/jens-als-andersen/). *Sailing Sclerosis*.[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

## External links

- [Jens Als Andersen](https://web.archive.org/web/20241130/https://www.sailing.org/sailor/jens-als-andersen?ref=DENJA1) at [World Sailing](/source/World_Sailing) (archived, [alternate link](https://web.archive.org/web/20241130/https://www.sailing.org/sailor/?ref=DENJA1))

- [Jens Als Andersen](https://www.paralympic.org/jens-als-andersen) at the [International Paralympic Committee](/source/International_Paralympic_Committee)

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