Sandis Prūsis (born 24 October 1965,
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n bobsledder who competed from 1983 to 2003. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of fifth in the two-man event at Nagano in
1998The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1998 in Nagano, Japan. These Games marked the return of the Winter Olympics to Japan since the 1972 Winter Olympics, when the games were held in Sapporo...
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Prūsis's best
Bobsleigh World Cup finish was second three times, all in the four-man event (1999-2000, 2000-1, 2002-3).
He won the Latvian championship eight times, the four-man European Championship once, and carried the flag of Latvia at the
1998 Winter OlympicsThe 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1998 in Nagano, Japan. These Games marked the return of the Winter Olympics to Japan since the 1972 Winter Olympics, when the games were held in Sapporo...
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Sandis Prūsis (born 24 October 1965,
VentspilsVentspils is a city in northwestern Latvia in the Kurzeme region of Latvia, the sixth largest city in the country. As of 2006, Ventspils had a population of 43,806. Ventspils is situated on the Venta River and the Baltic Sea, and has an ice-free port.- History :Ventspils developed around the...
) is a
LatviaLatvia , officially the Republic of Latvia is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , and to the southeast by Belarus . Across the Baltic Sea to the west lies Sweden...
n bobsledder who competed from 1983 to 2003. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of fifth in the two-man event at Nagano in
1998The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1998 in Nagano, Japan. These Games marked the return of the Winter Olympics to Japan since the 1972 Winter Olympics, when the games were held in Sapporo...
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Prūsis's best
Bobsleigh World Cup finish was second three times, all in the four-man event (1999-2000, 2000-1, 2002-3).
He won the Latvian championship eight times, the four-man European Championship once, and carried the flag of Latvia at the
1998 Winter OlympicsThe 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1998 in Nagano, Japan. These Games marked the return of the Winter Olympics to Japan since the 1972 Winter Olympics, when the games were held in Sapporo...
. After ending his athletic career, Prūsis coached the
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bobsleigh team from 2004-2006. Since 2006, he has been a coach for the Latvia team.
Prūsis won the four-man European Championship at
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in 2003, along with brakemen Mārcis Rullis, Jānis Silarājs, and Jānis Ozols.