Bruce Sandford (born 18 July 1962) is a New Zealand skeleton racer who has competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He won a gold medal in the men's skeleton event at the 1992 FIBT World Championships in

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. Until 2012 when his nephew, Ben Sandford, won a bronze medal at the 2012 World Championships, Bruce was the only person from the Southern Hemisphere to medal in bobsleigh,

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, or skeleton at the

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or World Championship

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Men's skeleton world championship medalists since 1989Skeletonsport.com profile
1962 births Living people New Zealand male skeleton racers {{Skeleton-bio-stub