Sandis Prūsis
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Sandis Prūsis (born 24 October 1965, Ventspils) is a Latvian bobsledder who competed from 1983 to 2003. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of fifth in the two-man event at Nagano in 1998.
Prūsis's best Bobsleigh World Cup finish was second three times, all in the four-man event (1999-2000, 2000-1, 2002-3).
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 athletic career, Prūsis coached the Italian bobsleigh team from 2004-2006. Since 2006, he has been a coach for the Latvia team.
Prūsis won the four-man European Championship at Winterberg in 2003, along with brakemen Mārcis Rullis, Jānis Silarājs, and Jānis Ozols.
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- 1992 bobsleigh two-man results
- 1998 bobsleigh four-man results
- 1998 bobsleigh two-man results
- 2002 bobsleigh two-man results
- 2002 bobsleigh four-man results
- List of combined men's bobsleigh World Cup champions: 1985-2007
- List of four-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985
- List of two-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985
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