Verena Sailer

Verena Sailer

Sailer at the 2013 World Championships
Personal information
Full name	Verena Sailer
Born	(1985-10-16) 16 October 1985 Illertissen, West Germany
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Running
Event(s)	60 metres, 100 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100m: 11.02 s (Weinheim; August 2013)
Medal record Women's athletics Competitor for  Germany World Championships Bronze 2009 Berlin 4 × 100 m relay European Championships Gold 2010 Barcelona 100 m Gold 2012 Helsinki 4 × 100 m relay European Indoor Championships Bronze 2009 Turin 60 m Bronze 2015 Prague 60 m European U23 Championships Gold 2007 Debrecen 100 m Silver 2005 Erfurt 4 × 100 m relay Silver 2007 Debrecen 4 × 100 m relay Bronze 2003 Erfurt 4 × 100 m relay Bronze 2005 Erfurt 100 m

Verena Sailer (born 16 October 1985 in Illertissen) is a German sprinter, who specialises in the 100 metres. Her personal best time is 11.02 seconds, achieved in July 2013. She won the gold medal at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona. She is 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]

Achievements

Sailer after her win at the 2010 European Championships

References

External links

• Verena Sailer profile at IAAF