NBC Olympics Dan Cnossen, a Navy Seal with a purple heart and a bronze star, won the 7.5 km seated biathlon at the Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang. Cnossen finished 14th in the same event at Sochi in 2014 and had never won this event in any previous international competition. Cnossen was a platoon commander for SEAL Team One in 2009 when he stepped on an IED and lost both of his legs just above the knees. Dan Cnossen is a Navy SEAL platoon commander with a purple heart and a bronze star.