Sanita Pušpure

Sanita Pušpure is a Latvian-born Irish rower. She was a back-to-back world champion in the women's single scull, winning her title at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv and defending it at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Ottensheim. She initially competed for Latvia at a junior level, but she moved to Ireland in 2006 and began competing for her adopted country in 2010 before gaining full Irish nationality in 2011. She was selected as the sole rowing competitor for Ireland at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In May 2016, she qualified for the Women's single sculls at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Pušpure is now head coach of UCC Rowing Club in Cork.