Ian Harrison (sailor)

Ian Harrison, who lived from 21 March 1937 to 26 August 2016, was a British Paralympic sailor and para sailing administrator who won gold at the 1996 Summer Paralympics, where the sport made its Paralympic debut. In his youth he sailed the Snipe and then sailed on HMS Worcester, and while in India he caught polio, which left him disabled. His legacy lies in the formation of Sailability and the International Foundation for Disabled Sailing and in the inclusion of the sport within the Paralympics. His English Wikipedia article gives further detail on that administrative work, which this entry does not repeat.