Sandis Prusis
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Sandis Prūsis (born 24 October 1965, Ventspils) is a Latvian bobsleigh pilot, who competed at the senior level from 1983 to 2003. He won the Latvian championship eight times, the four-man European Championship once, and carried the flag of Latvia at the 1998 Winter Olympics. After ending his professional athlete career he coached Italian bobsleigh team from 2004-2006. Now he's back in Latvia and in next season he will be Latvian bobsleigh team coach.
[edit] Titles
Prūsis won the four-man European Championship at Winterberg in 2003, along with brakemen Mārcis Rullis, Jānis Silarājs and Jānis Ozols.
His eight Latvian championship titles are detailed below. These races were always 2-man races, and held in the Sigulda bobsleigh track.
| Year | Brakeman |
|---|---|
| 1990 | Aivars Trops |
| 1993 | Adris Plūksna |
| 1995 | Normunds Sietiņš |
| 1998 | Jānis Elsiņš |
| 1999 | Jānis Ozols |
| 2000 | Mārcis Rullis |
| 2001 | Mārcis Rullis |
| 2002 | Mārcis Rullis |
His best World Cup overall placing is a second-place in four-man during the 1999/2000 season, and he also won silver at the 2000 4-man European Championship at Cortina d'Ampezzo, along with brakemen Mārcis Rullis, Matīss Zacmanis and Jānis Ozols.
[edit] Olympic career
At Nagano in the 1998 Winter Olympics, Prūsis finished fifth in the four-man race (his best Olympic placing) and sixth in the two-man race. Four years later, he competed in the Salt Lake City Olympics, this time getting placings of seventh (four-man) and 11th (two-man)
