Sandra Kiriasis

Sandra Kiriasis (born 4 January 1975 in Dresden as Sandra Prokoff) is a German retired bobsledder who has competed from 2000 to 2014.

Sandra Kiriasis

Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(1975-01-04) 4 January 1975[1] Dresden, Bezirk Dresden, now Saxony,  East Germany
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight	81 kg (179 lb; 12.8 st)[1]
Website	Official website (in German)
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Bobsleigh
Event(s)	2-woman
Club	RSG Hochsauerland
Retired	2014
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
Medal record Women's bobsleigh Representing  Germany Olympic Games 2006 Turin Two-woman 2002 Salt Lake City Two-woman World Championships 2005 Calgary Two-woman 2007 St. Moritz Two-woman 2007 St. Moritz Mixed team 2008 Altenberg Two-woman 2008 Altenberg Mixed team 2009 Lake Placid Mixed team 2011 Königssee Mixed team 2003 Winterberg Two-woman 2004 Königssee Two-woman 2012 Lake Placid Two-woman 2012 Lake Placid Mixed team 2013 St. Moritz Mixed team 2013 St. Moritz Two-woman World Cup Championships 2003–04 Two-woman 2004–05 Two-woman 2005–06 Two-woman 2006–07 Two-woman 2007–08 Two-woman 2008–09 Two-woman 2009–10 Two-woman 2010–11 Two-woman 2000–01 Two-woman 2001–02 Two-woman 2002–03 Two-woman 2013-13 Two-woman 2011–12 Two-woman European Championships 2006 St. Moritz Two-woman 2007 Cortina d'Ampezzo Two-woman 2008 Cesana Two-woman 2009 St. Moritz Two-woman 2011 Winterberg Two-woman 2013 Innsbruck-Igls Two-woman 2005 Altenberg Two-woman 2012 Altenberg Two-woman 2014 Königgsee Two-woman 2010 Innsbruck-Igls Two-woman

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.[2] In July 2014 Kiriasis joined basketball team Nürnberger BC as a fitness coach.[3] 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.[4][5] 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 analyst.[6][7]