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German bobsledder (born 1975)
Sandra Kiriasis (
née Prokoff ; born 4 January 1975 in
Dresden ) is a German former
bobsledder who has competed from 2000 to 2014.
At the
2002 Winter Olympics in
Salt Lake City she won silver in the two-woman event together with teammate
Ulrike Holzner . She also competed in the
bobsleigh events at the
2006 Winter Olympics in
Turin , where Kiriasis (married in late 2004) won gold in the two-woman event with teammate
Anja Schneiderheinze . She finished fourth in the two-woman event at the
2010 Winter Olympics in
Vancouver .
Kiriasis also won eight medals at the
FIBT World Championships with five golds (Two-woman:
2005 ,
2007 ,
2008 ; Mixed team: 2007, 2008,
2009 ) and two silvers (Two-woman:
2003 ,
2004 ). She won the overall two-woman
Bobsleigh World Cup in 2003-4, 2004–5, 2005–6,
2006-7 ,
2007-8 ,
2008-9 ,
2009–10 ,
2010–11 and won a record 43 World Cup races in total.
Kiriasis retired from the sport after the
2014 Winter Olympics .
[2] In July 2014 Kiriasis joined basketball team
Nürnberger BC as a fitness coach.
[3] In 2017 she was appointed as driving coach for the
Jamaican women's bobsleigh team ahead of the
2018 Winter Olympics in
Pyeongchang ,
South Korea , helping them to
qualify for the Olympics for the first time.
[4]
[5] However, she parted company with the Jamaica Bobsleigh Federation days ahead of the start of bobsleigh training at the Games after she was told she would be demoted from her position as driver coach to the role of track and performance analyst.
[6]
[7]
Career highlights
Olympic Winter Games
2002 –
Salt Lake City , 2nd with
Ulrike Holzner
2006 –
Turin , 1st with
Anja Schneiderheinze
2018 –
PyeongChang , Former coach of the women's Jamaican bobsled team.
World Championships
2003 –
Winterberg , 2nd with
Ulrike Holzner
2004 –
Königssee , 2nd with
Anja Schneiderheinze
2005 –
Calgary , 1st with
Anja Schneiderheinze
2007 –
St. Moritz , 1st with
Romy Logsch
2008 –
Altenberg , 1st with
Romy Logsch
European Championships
2005 –
Altenberg , 2nd with
Anja Schneiderheinze
2006 –
St. Moritz , 1st with
Berit Wiacker
2007 –
Cortina d'Ampezzo , 1st with
Romy Logsch
2008 –
Cesana , 1st with
Berit Wiacker
2009 –
St. Moritz , 1st with
Berit Wiacker
World Cup Single Events
2000/2001 –
Winterberg , 2nd with Daniela Clobes
2000/2001 –
Winterberg , 3rd with Daniela Clobes
2000/2001 –
Igls , 2nd with
Kerstin Szymkowiak
2000/2001 –
Igls , 2nd with
Kerstin Szymkowiak
2000/2001 –
Park City , 1st with
Ulrike Holzner
2001/2002 –
Winterberg , 1st with
Ulrike Holzner
2001/2002 –
Winterberg , 1st with
Ulrike Holzner
2001/2002 –
Königssee , 1st with
Nicole Herschmann
2001/2002 –
Igls , 1st with
Ulrike Holzner
2001/2002 –
Igls , 1st with
Nicole Herschmann
2001/2002 –
Calgary , 3rd with
Ulrike Holzner
2001/2002 –
Calgary , 3rd with
Ulrike Holzner
2002/2003 –
Calgary , 2nd with
Ulrike Holzner
2002/2003 –
Calgary , 1st with
Ulrike Holzner
2002/2003 –
Park City , 1st with
Nicole Herschmann
2002/2003 –
Park City , 1st with
Ulrike Holzner
2002/2003 –
Lake Placid , 1st with
Ulrike Holzner
2002/2003 –
Lake Placid , 1st with
Nicole Herschmann
2002/2003 –
Igls , 2nd with
Nicole Herschmann
2002/2003 –
Igls , 2nd with
Ulrike Holzner
2003/2004 –
Calgary , 1st with
Anja Schneiderheinze
2003/2004 –
Calgary , 1st with
Janine Tischer
2003/2004 –
Lake Placid , 1st with
Anja Schneiderheinze
2003/2004 –
Lake Placid , 2nd with
Janine Tischer
2003/2004 –
Lillehammer , 1st with
Anja Schneiderheinze
2003/2004 –
Lillehammer , 1st with
Berit Wiacker
2004/2005 –
Winterberg , 1st with
Anja Schneiderheinze
2004/2005 –
Altenberg , 2nd with
Anja Schneiderheinze
2004/2005 –
Igls , 1st with
Berit Wiacker
2004/2005 –
Cortina d'Ampezzo , 1st with
Berit Wiacker
2004/2005 –
Cesana , 1st with
Berit Wiacker
2004/2005 –
Lake Placid , 1st with
Anja Schneiderheinze
2005/2006 –
Calgary , 1st with
Anja Schneiderheinze
2005/2006 –
Lake Placid , 1st with
Anja Schneiderheinze
2005/2006 –
Igls , 1st with
Berit Wiacker
2005/2006 –
Cortina d'Ampezzo , 1st with
Anja Schneiderheinze
2005/2006 –
Königssee , 3rd with
Anja Schneiderheinze
2005/2006 –
St. Moritz , 2nd with
Berit Wiacker
2006/2007 –
Calgary , 3rd with
Romy Logsch
2006/2007 –
Lake Placid , 3rd with
Anja Schneiderheinze
2006/2007 –
Cortina d'Ampezzo , 1st with
Romy Logsch
2006/2007 –
Igls , 1st with
Anja Schneiderheinze
2006/2007 –
Cesana , 1st with
Anja Schneiderheinze
2006/2007 –
Winterberg , 1st with
Romy Logsch
2006/2007 –
Königssee , 1st with
Berit Wiacker
2007/2008 –
Calgary , 3rd with
Berit Wiacker
2007/2008 –
Park City , 1st with
Romy Logsch
2007/2008 –
Lake Placid , 1st with
Romy Logsch
2007/2008 –
Cortina d'Ampezzo , 1st with
Romy Logsch
2007/2008 –
Cesana , 3rd with
Berit Wiacker
2007/2008 –
St. Moritz , 1st with
Romy Logsch
2007/2008 –
Königssee , 2nd with
Berit Wiacker
2007/2008 –
Winterberg , 1st with
Berit Wiacker
2008/2009 –
Winterberg , 2nd with
Romy Logsch
2008/2009 –
Altenberg , 1st with
Berit Wiacker
2008/2009 –
Igls , 3rd with
Romy Logsch
2008/2009 –
Königssee , 2nd with
Romy Logsch
2008/2009 –
St. Moritz , 1st with
Berit Wiacker
2008/2009 –
St. Moritz , 1st with
Berit Wiacker
2008/2009 –
Park City , 3rd with
Patricia Polifka
References
2007: Germany
2008: Germany
2009: Germany
2011: Germany
2012: United States
2013: United States
2015: Germany
2016: Germany
2017: Germany
2019: Germany