Sanita Pušpure

Sanita Pušpure (; born 21 December 1981) 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.

Career She began her rowing career in her native Latvia. In 2003, she placed third in the single scull competition at the World under-23 Championships. In the following year took the gold medal in the double scull at the World Student Games. and they initially lived in Cork. At the Olympic qualification event in Lucerne, Switzerland, she placed second in her heat in order to make it through to the semi-final. After finishing third in the semi, she placed fourth in the final, giving Ireland a place in the women's single sculls competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She was selected for the Irish team at the Games as the country's only rowing competitor, and their first female single sculler since the 1980 Summer Olympics. She reached the quarter-finals of the event.

In September 2018 she won the single sculls at the world championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, her first world title. Puspure was selected as a 2021 Tokyo Olympian but had to settle for the B final in the women's single scull.

Personal life She lives with her family in Ballincollig, County Cork. Both of her children were born in Ireland. Pušpure races for Old Collegians Boat Club.