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Sandra Kiriasis (born January 4, 1975 in Dresden as Sandra Prokoff) is a German bobsledder who has competed since 2000.
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.
Kiriasis also won seven medals at the FIBT World Championships with five golds (Two-woman: 2005, 2007, 2008; Mixed team: 2007, 2008) 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, and 2007-8, and has so far won a record 35 World Cup races in total.
[edit] Career highlights
- Olympic Winter Games
- 2002 - Salt Lake City,
2nd with Ulrike Holzner
- 2006 - Turin,
1st with Anja Schneiderheinze
- 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 (2-bob)
- 2007 - St. Moritz, 1st with Kleber / Wiacker / Riekewald (team)
- 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
- World Cup
- 2004 - Winterberg, 1st with Anja Schneiderheinze
- 2004 - Altenberg, 2nd with Anja Schneiderheinze
- 2004 - Igls, 1st with Berit Wiacker
- 2004 - Cortina d'Ampezzo, 1st with Berit Wiacker
- 2005 - Cesana, 1st with Berit Wiacker
- 2005 - Lake Placid, 1st with Anja Schneiderheinze
- 2005 - Calgary, 1st with Anja Schneiderheinze
- 2005 - Lake Placid, 1st with Anja Schneiderheinze
- 2005 - Igls, 1st with Berit Wiacker
- 2005 - Cortina d'Ampezzo, 1st with Anja Schneiderheinze
- 2006 - Königssee,
3rd with Anja Schneiderheinze
- 2006 - St. Moritz, 2nd with Berit Wiacker
- 2006 - Calgary, 3rd with Romy Logsch
- 2006 - Lake Placid, 3rd with Anja Schneiderheinze
- 2007 - Cortina d'Ampezzo, 1st with Romy Logsch
- 2007 - Igls, 1st with Anja Schneiderheinze
- 2007 - Cesana, 1st with Anja Schneiderheinze
- 2007 - Winterberg, 1st with Romy Logsch
- 2007 - Königssee, 1st with Berit Wiacker
- 2007 - Calgary, 3rd with Berit Wiacker
- 2007 - Park City, 1st with Romy Logsch
- 2007 - Lake Placid, 1st with Romy Logsch
- 2008 - Cortina d'Ampezzo, 1st with Romy Logsch
- 2008 - Cesana, 3rd with Berit Wiacker
[edit] References
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World champions in bobsleigh and skeleton mixed team |
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2007: Germany - Frank Kleber, Sandra Kiriasis, Berit Wiacker, Monique Riekewald, Karl Angerer, & Marc Kühne * 2008: Germany - Sebastian Haupt, Sandra Kiriasis, Berit Wiacker, Anja Huber, Matthias Höpfner, & Alex Mann |
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