Sandra Kiriasis



Sandra Kiriasis, born Sandra Prokoff ( Dresden , January 41975 ) is a Germanbobsled star . She serves as a pilot in a two-man. Kiriasis is a professional soldier, and combines her sporting career with her ​​work in the army. On December 23, 2004 she married with Jörg Kiriasis and thus gained its name as a surname.

Kiriasis began at age five with cross country and moved in 1985 to the luge . This sport practiced them until 2000 when she made ​​a move to the bobsled. The bobsport among women was still in development when they they tobogganing goodbye. Utilizing the proper facilities in Germany she was well and quickly develop this new component. In the years after Sandra Kiriasis would become the most successful bobsleigh star of the still young history of the sport.

Here she made ​​her debut at the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City . Here she participated with Remster Ulrike Holzer and the duo won a silver medal behind Jill Bakken and Vonetta Flowers of the United States .
 * Olympics

During the 2006 Winter Games in Turin, she participated with Anja Schneiderheinze as Remster. The duo prevailed in all four runs and never ran into trouble, making the Olympic gold medal was a fact for Kiriasis.

In her third Olympic participation ( OS 2010 in Vancouver ), she participated with Christin Senkel as Remster and finite fourth in the overall standings.

With the World Cup bobsled they ended in 2003 (Holzer) and 2004 (with Schneiderheinze) in second place. Then she was three times world champion in 2005 with Schneiderheinze, in 2007 and 2008 with Romy logest . In 2009, she finished with Remster Patricia Polifka in seventh place. With Berit Wiacker she finished fourth in 2011. In 2012 she graduated with Petra Lammert the silver medal.
 * World

She put nine consecutive years, from 2003 to 2011, as pilot batter on the World Cup bobsled . Two years before, in 2001 and 2002, she finished second in this race series. In 2012 she stood for the twelfth consecutive year on the final podium that year she finished third. ==Important results [ edit] ==
 * World
 * Two-Man