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Sandra Kiriasis
Medal record
Bobsleigh
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Turin Two-woman
Silver medal – second place 2002 Salt Lake City Two-woman
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Calgary Two-woman
Gold medal – first place 2007 St. Moritz Two-woman
Gold medal – first place 2007 St. Moritz Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2003 Winterberg Two-woman
Silver medal – second place 2004 Königssee Two-woman

Sandra Kiriasis (born January 4, 1975 in Dresden as Sandra Prokoff) is a German 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.

Kiriasis also won five medals at the FIBT World Championships with three golds (Two-woman: 2005, 2007; Mixed team: 2007) and two silvers (Two-woman: 2003, 2004). She won the overall World Cup in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007, and has so far won a record 30 World Cup races in total.

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