German bobsledder

Sandra Kiriasis (born 4 January 1975 in Dresden as Sandra Prokoff) is a German retired 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. In July 2014 Kiriasis joined basketball team Nürnberger BC as a fitness coach. 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. 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 *yst.

Career highlights

Olympic Winter Games2002 – Salt Lake City, 2nd with Ulrike Holzner2006 – Turin, 1st with Anja Schneiderheinze2018 – PyeongChang, Former coach of the women's Jamaican bobsled team.World Championships2003 – Winterberg, 2nd with Ulrike Holzner2004 – Königssee, 2nd with Anja Schneiderheinze2005 – Calgary, 1st with Anja Schneiderheinze2007 – St. Moritz, 1st with Romy Logsch2008 – Altenberg, 1st with Romy LogschEuropean Championships2005 – Altenberg, 2nd with Anja Schneiderheinze2006 – St. Moritz, 1st with Berit Wiacker2007 – Cortina d'Ampezzo, 1st with Romy Logsch2008 – Cesana, 1st with Berit Wiacker2009 – St. Moritz, 1st with Berit WiackerWorld Cup Single Events2000/2001 – Winterberg, 2nd with Daniela Clobes2000/2001 – Winterberg, 3rd with Daniela Clobes2000/2001 – Igls, 2nd with Kerstin Szymkowiak2000/2001 – Igls, 2nd with Kerstin Szymkowiak2000/2001 – Park City, 1st with Ulrike Holzner2001/2002 – Winterberg, 1st with Ulrike Holzner2001/2002 – Winterberg, 1st with Ulrike Holzner2001/2002 – Königssee, 1st with Nicole Herschmann2001/2002 – Igls, 1st with Ulrike Holzner2001/2002 – Igls, 1st with Nicole Herschmann2001/2002 – Calgary, 3rd with Ulrike Holzner2001/2002 – Calgary, 3rd with Ulrike Holzner2002/2003 – Calgary, 2nd with Ulrike Holzner2002/2003 – Calgary, 1st with Ulrike Holzner2002/2003 – Park City, 1st with Nicole Herschmann2002/2003 – Park City, 1st with Ulrike Holzner2002/2003 – Lake Placid, 1st with Ulrike Holzner2002/2003 – Lake Placid, 1st with Nicole Herschmann2002/2003 – Igls, 2nd with Nicole Herschmann2002/2003 – Igls, 2nd with Ulrike Holzner2003/2004 – Calgary, 1st with Anja Schneiderheinze2003/2004 – Calgary, 1st with Janine Tischer2003/2004 – Lake Placid, 1st with Anja Schneiderheinze2003/2004 – Lake Placid, 2nd with Janine Tischer2003/2004 – Lillehammer, 1st with Anja Schneiderheinze2003/2004 – Lillehammer, 1st with Berit Wiacker2004/2005 – Winterberg, 1st with Anja Schneiderheinze2004/2005 – Altenberg, 2nd with Anja Schneiderheinze2004/2005 – Igls, 1st with Berit Wiacker2004/2005 – Cortina d'Ampezzo, 1st with Berit Wiacker2004/2005 – Cesana, 1st with Berit Wiacker2004/2005 – Lake Placid, 1st with Anja Schneiderheinze2005/2006 – Calgary, 1st with Anja Schneiderheinze2005/2006 – Lake Placid, 1st with Anja Schneiderheinze2005/2006 – Igls, 1st with Berit Wiacker2005/2006 – Cortina d'Ampezzo, 1st with Anja Schneiderheinze2005/2006 – Königssee, 3rd with Anja Schneiderheinze2005/2006 – St. Moritz, 2nd with Berit Wiacker2006/2007 – Calgary, 3rd with Romy Logsch2006/2007 – Lake Placid, 3rd with Anja Schneiderheinze2006/2007 – Cortina d'Ampezzo, 1st with Romy Logsch2006/2007 – Igls, 1st with Anja Schneiderheinze2006/2007 – Cesana, 1st with Anja Schneiderheinze2006/2007 – Winterberg, 1st with Romy Logsch2006/2007 – Königssee, 1st with Berit Wiacker2007/2008 – Calgary, 3rd with Berit Wiacker2007/2008 – Park City, 1st with Romy Logsch2007/2008 – Lake Placid, 1st with Romy Logsch2007/2008 – Cortina d'Ampezzo, 1st with Romy Logsch2007/2008 – Cesana, 3rd with Berit Wiacker2007/2008 – St. Moritz, 1st with Romy Logsch2007/2008 – Königssee, 2nd with Berit Wiacker2007/2008 – Winterberg, 1st with Berit Wiacker2008/2009 – Winterberg, 2nd with Romy Logsch2008/2009 – Altenberg, 1st with Berit Wiacker2008/2009 – Igls, 3rd with Romy Logsch2008/2009 – Königssee, 2nd with Romy Logsch2008/2009 – St. Moritz, 1st with Berit Wiacker2008/2009 – St. Moritz, 1st with Berit Wiacker2008/2009 – Park City, 3rd with Patricia Polifka

References

• Bobsleigh two-woman Olympic medalists since 2002
• Bobsleigh two-woman world championship medalists since 2000
• Mixed bobsleigh-skeleton world championship medalists since 2007
• List of two-woman bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1995
• NBCOlympics.com profile