Sandra Kiriasis

Personal information

Nationality

German

Born

4 January 1975^[1]
Dresden, Saxony,

East Germany

Residence

Winterberg^[1]

Height

1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)^[1]

Weight

81 kg (179 lb; 12.8 st)^[1]

Website

Official website (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
Competitor for Germany
Olympic Games
	2006 Turin	2-woman
	2002 Salt Lake City	2-woman
World Championships
	2005 Calgary	2-woman
	2007 St. Moritz	2-woman
	2007 St. Moritz	Mixed team
	2008 Altenberg	2-woman
	2008 Altenberg	Mixed team
	2009 Lake Placid	Mixed team
	2011 Königssee	Mixed team
	2003 Winterberg	2-woman
	2004 Königssee	2-woman
	2012 Lake Placid	2-woman
	2012 Lake Placid	Mixed team
	2013 St. Moritz	Mixed team
	2013 St. Moritz	2-woman
World Cup Championships
	2003–04	2-woman
	2004–05	2-woman
	2005–06	2-woman
	2006–07	2-woman
	2007–08	2-woman
	2008–09	2-woman
	2009–10	2-woman
	2010–11	2-woman
	2000–01	2-woman
	2001–02	2-woman
	2002–03	2-woman
	2013-13	2-woman
	2011–12	2-woman
European Championships
	2006 St. Moritz	2-woman
	2007 Cortina d'Ampezzo	2-woman
	2008 Cesana	2-woman
	2009 St. Moritz	2-woman
	2005 Altenberg	2-woman

Sandra Kiriasis (born 4 January 1975 in Dresden as Sandra Prokoff) is a German retired 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. 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 has so far 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]

Career highlights

Olympic Winter Games: 2002 – Salt Lake City, 02 ! 2nd with Ulrike Holzner; 2006 – Turin, 01 ! 1st with Anja Schneiderheinze
World Championships: 2003 – Winterberg, 02 ! 2nd with Ulrike Holzner; 2004 – Königssee, 02 ! 2nd with Anja Schneiderheinze; 2005 – Calgary, 01 ! 1st with Anja Schneiderheinze; 2007 – St. Moritz, 01 ! 1st with Romy Logsch; 2008 – Altenberg, 01 ! 1st with Romy Logsch
European Championships: 2005 – Altenberg, 02 ! 2nd with Anja Schneiderheinze; 2006 – St. Moritz, 01 ! 1st with Berit Wiacker; 2007 – Cortina d'Ampezzo, 01 ! 1st with Romy Logsch; 2008 – Cesana, 01 ! 1st with Berit Wiacker; 2009 – St. Moritz, 01 ! 1st with Berit Wiacker
World Cup Single Events: 2000/2001 – Winterberg, 02 ! 2nd with Daniela Clobes; 2000/2001 – Winterberg, 03 ! 3rd with Daniela Clobes; 2000/2001 – Igls, 02 ! 2nd with Kerstin Szymkowiak; 2000/2001 – Igls, 02 ! 2nd with Kerstin Szymkowiak; 2000/2001 – Park City, 01 ! 1st with Ulrike Holzner; 2001/2002 – Winterberg, 01 ! 1st with Ulrike Holzner; 2001/2002 – Winterberg, 01 ! 1st with Ulrike Holzner; 2001/2002 – Königssee, 01 ! 1st with Nicole Herschmann; 2001/2002 – Igls, 01 ! 1st with Ulrike Holzner; 2001/2002 – Igls, 01 ! 1st with Nicole Herschmann; 2001/2002 – Calgary, 03 ! 3rd with Ulrike Holzner; 2001/2002 – Calgary, 03 ! 3rd with Ulrike Holzner; 2002/2003 – Calgary, 02 ! 2nd with Ulrike Holzner; 2002/2003 – Calgary, 01 ! 1st with Ulrike Holzner; 2002/2003 – Park City, 01 ! 1st with Nicole Herschmann; 2002/2003 – Park City, 01 ! 1st with Ulrike Holzner; 2002/2003 – Lake Placid, 01 ! 1st with Ulrike Holzner; 2002/2003 – Lake Placid, 01 ! 1st with Nicole Herschmann; 2002/2003 – Igls, 02 ! 2nd with Nicole Herschmann; 2002/2003 – Igls, 02 ! 2nd with Ulrike Holzner; 2003/2004 – Calgary, 01 ! 1st with Anja Schneiderheinze; 2003/2004 – Calgary, 01 ! 1st with Janine Tischer; 2003/2004 – Lake Placid, 01 ! 1st with Anja Schneiderheinze; 2003/2004 – Lake Placid, 02 ! 2nd with Janine Tischer; 2003/2004 – Lillehammer, 01 ! 1st with Anja Schneiderheinze; 2003/2004 – Lillehammer, 01 ! 1st with Berit Wiacker; 2004/2005 – Winterberg, 01 ! 1st with Anja Schneiderheinze; 2004/2005 – Altenberg, 02 ! 2nd with Anja Schneiderheinze; 2004/2005 – Igls, 01 ! 1st with Berit Wiacker; 2004/2005 – Cortina d'Ampezzo, 01 ! 1st with Berit Wiacker; 2004/2005 – Cesana, 01 ! 1st with Berit Wiacker; 2004/2005 – Lake Placid, 01 ! 1st with Anja Schneiderheinze; 2005/2006 – Calgary, 01 ! 1st with Anja Schneiderheinze; 2005/2006 – Lake Placid, 01 ! 1st with Anja Schneiderheinze; 2005/2006 – Igls, 01 ! 1st with Berit Wiacker; 2005/2006 – Cortina d'Ampezzo, 01 ! 1st with Anja Schneiderheinze; 2005/2006 – Königssee, 03 ! 3rd with Anja Schneiderheinze; 2005/2006 – St. Moritz, 02 ! 2nd with Berit Wiacker; 2006/2007 – Calgary, 03 ! 3rd with Romy Logsch; 2006/2007 – Lake Placid, 03 ! 3rd with Anja Schneiderheinze; 2006/2007 – Cortina d'Ampezzo, 01 ! 1st with Romy Logsch; 2006/2007 – Igls, 01 ! 1st with Anja Schneiderheinze; 2006/2007 – Cesana, 01 ! 1st with Anja Schneiderheinze; 2006/2007 – Winterberg, 01 ! 1st with Romy Logsch; 2006/2007 – Königssee, 01 ! 1st with Berit Wiacker; 2007/2008 – Calgary, 03 ! 3rd with Berit Wiacker; 2007/2008 – Park City, 01 ! 1st with Romy Logsch; 2007/2008 – Lake Placid, 01 ! 1st with Romy Logsch; 2007/2008 – Cortina d'Ampezzo, 01 ! 1st with Romy Logsch; 2007/2008 – Cesana, 03 ! 3rd with Berit Wiacker; 2007/2008 – St. Moritz, 01 ! 1st with Romy Logsch; 2007/2008 – Königssee, 02 ! 2nd with Berit Wiacker; 2007/2008 – Winterberg, 01 ! 1st with Berit Wiacker; 2008/2009 – Winterberg, 02 ! 2nd with Romy Logsch; 2008/2009 – Altenberg, 01 ! 1st with Berit Wiacker; 2008/2009 – Igls, 03 ! 3rd with Romy Logsch; 2008/2009 – Königssee, 02 ! 2nd with Romy Logsch; 2008/2009 – St. Moritz, 01 ! 1st with Berit Wiacker; 2008/2009 – St. Moritz, 01 ! 1st with Berit Wiacker; 2008/2009 – Park City, 03 ! 3rd with Patricia Polifka

References

1 2 3 4 FIBT-Bobsleigh profile, accessed December 9, 2010
↑ "Kiriasis kritisiert Bob-Verband für Machata-Sperre: "Beschämend und lächerlich"" [Kiriasis criticised Bobsleigh Association for Machata ban: "Shameful and Ridiculous"]. Freie Presse (Saxony) (in German). 4 March 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
↑ "Sandra Kiriasis bringt Nürnbergs Basketballer in Form" [Sandra Kiriasis brings Nuremberg Basketball players into shape]. 2. Basketball Bundesliga (in German). 25 July 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.

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Olympic champions in two-woman bobsleigh

2002: United States (Jill Bakken & Vonetta Flowers) 2006: Germany (Sandra Kiriasis & Anja Schneiderheinze) 2010: Canada (Kaillie Humphries & Heather Moyse) 2014: Canada (Kaillie Humphries & Heather Moyse)

World champions in two-woman bobsleigh

2000: Germany (Gabriele Kohlisch & Kathleen Hering)
2001: Switzerland (Françoise Burdet & Katharina Sutter)
2003: Germany (Susi Erdmann & Annegret Dietrich)
2004: Germany (Susi Erdmann & Kristina Bader)
2005: Germany (Sandra Kiriasis & Anja Schneiderheinze-Stöckel)
2007: Germany (Sandra Kiriasis & Romy Logsch)
2008: Germany (Sandra Kiriasis & Romy Logsch)
2009: Great Britain (Nicola Minichiello & Gillian Cooke)
2011: Germany (Cathleen Martini & Romy Logsch)
2012: Canada (Kaillie Humphries & Jennifer Ciochetti)
2013: Canada (Kaillie Humphries & Chelsea Valois)
2015: United States (Elana Meyers & Cherrelle Garrett)
2016: Germany (Anja Schneiderheinze-Stöckel & Annika Drazek)

World champions in bobsleigh and skeleton mixed team

2007: Germany
2008: Germany
2009: Germany
2011: Germany
2012: United States
2013: United States
2015: Germany
- Axel Jungk
- Cathleen Martini
- Lisette Thöne
- Tina Hermann
- Francesco Friedrich
- Martin Grothkopp
2016: Germany
- Axel Jungk
- Anja Schneiderheinze-Stöckel
- Franziska Bertels
- Tina Hermann
- Johannes Lochner
- Tino Paasche

World Cup champions in two-woman bobsleigh

1994-95: Switzerland (Claudia Bühlmann)
1995-96: Switzerland (Françoise Burdet)
1996-97: Switzerland (Françoise Burdet)
1997-98: Switzerland (Françoise Burdet)
1998-99: Switzerland (Françoise Burdet)
1999-2000: United States (Jean Racine)
2000-01: United States (Jean Racine)
2001-02: Germany (Susi Erdmann)
2002-03: Germany (Susi Erdmann)
2003-04: Germany (Sandra Prokoff)
2004-05: Germany (Sandra Prokoff-Kiriasis)
2005-06: Germany (Sandra Kiriasis)
2006-07: Germany (Sandra Kiriasis)
2007-08: Germany (Sandra Kiriasis)
2008-09: Germany (Sandra Kiriasis)
2009-10: Germany (Sandra Kiriasis)
2010-11: Germany (Sandra Kiriasis)
2011-12: Germany (Cathleen Martini)
2012-13: Canada (Kaillie Humphries)
2013-14: Canada (Kaillie Humphries)
2014-15: United States (Elana Meyers)
2015-16: Canada (Kaillie Humphries)

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