Verena Sailer

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Verena Sailer
Personal information
Full nameVerena Sailer
Born (1985-10-16) 16 October 1985 (age 38)
Illertissen, West Germany
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
Country Germany
SportRunning
Event(s)60 metres, 100 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 100m: 11.02 s (Weinheim; August 2013)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Germany
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Berlin 4 × 100 m relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Barcelona 100 m
Gold medal – first place 2012 Helsinki 4 × 100 m relay
European Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Turin 60 m
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Prague 60 m
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Debrecen 100 m
Silver medal – second place 2005 Erfurt 4 × 100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2007 Debrecen 4 × 100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Erfurt 100 m

Verena Sailer (born 16 October 1985 in Illertissen) is a retired German sprinter, who specialised in the 100 metres. Her personal best time is 11.02 seconds, achieved in August 2013. She won the gold medal at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona. During her sporting career she was a member of MTG Mannheim.

Sailer represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed in the 4 × 100 metres relay together with Anne Möllinger, Cathleen Tschirch and Marion Wagner. In their first round heat they placed third behind Jamaica and Russia and in front of China. Their time of 43.59 seconds was the eighth time overall out of sixteen participating nations. With this result they qualified for the final, in which they sprinted to a time of 43.28 seconds, which was the fifth place. At the 2009 IAAF World Championships in Berlin, she made it to the semifinal of the 100 m and ran 11.24 seconds. She was the fourth leg of the German 4 × 100 m squad, which secured the bronze medal in a season's best time of 42.87 seconds.[1]

At the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Sailer was unable to defend her European Championship title and finished 6th in the final heat of the 100 metres event with a time of 11.42 s. She then led the German 4 × 100 metres relay team of Leena Günther, Anne Cibis, and Tatjana Pinto as the final runner with a clear lead to win the title again since 1994 at the same venue.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the individual 100 m as well as the 4 × 100 m.[2] Although she did not reach the individual final, the German team (Sailer, Leena Günther, Anne Cibis and Tatjana Pinto) did, finishing in 5th place.[3]

Achievements[edit]

Sailer after her win at the 2010 European Championships
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Germany
2004 World Junior Championships Grosseto, Italy 5th 100 m 11.49 (wind: +1.5 m/s)
4th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 44.58
2005 European U23 Championships Erfurt, Germany 3rd 100 m 11.53 (wind: +1.5 m/s)
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 44.89
2007 European U23 Championships Debrecen, Hungary 1st 100 m 11.66 (wind: -2.0 m/s)
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 43.75
World Championships Osaka, Japan 7th 4 × 100 m relay 43.51
2009 European Indoor Championships Turin, Italy 3rd 60 m 7.22
World Championships Berlin, Germany 3rd 4 × 100 m relay 42.87
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 1st 100 m 11.10 (wind: -0.6 m/s)
2012 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 6th 100 m 11.42 (wind: -0.7 m/s)
1st 4 × 100 m relay 42.51
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 3rd 60 m 7.09
World Championships Beijing, China 30th (h) 100 m 11.41
5th 4 × 100 m relay 42.64

: Disqualified in the final.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Schwankhart, Anton (23 August 2009). "Allgäuerin Verena Sailer spurtet zu Bronze". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Verena Sailer Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
  3. ^ "LONDON 2012 - ATHLETICS - 4 X 100M RELAY WOMEN - FINAL". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 3 January 2016.

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