Sandis Prūsis

Medal record
Men's Bobsleigh
Competitor for  Latvia
World Cup Championships
Silver 1999-00 Four-man
Silver 2000-01 Four-man
Silver 2002-03 Four-man
Bronze 1997-98 Combined
Bronze 1997-98 Two-man
Bronze 2000-01 Combined

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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