Bruce Sandford (born 18 July 1962) is a

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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 Ben Sandford (born 12 March 1979 in Rotorua) is a New Zealand skeleton racer who has competed since 2002. He finished tenth in the men's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. He finished 11th at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Early ...

, won a bronze medal at the 2012 World Championships, Bruce was the only person from the Southern Hemisphere to medal in

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, or skeleton at the

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Men's skeleton world championship medalists since 1989Skeletonsport.com profile
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