Verena Sailer

{{short description|German sprinter}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Verena Sailer

| fullname = Verena Sailer

| image = Verena Sailer by Augustas Didzgalvis.jpg

| caption = Sailer at the 2013 World Championships

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|10|16|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Illertissen, West Germany

| height = {{convert|1.66|m|abbr=on}}

| country = {{flag|Germany}}

| sport = Running

| event = 60 metres, 100 metres

| pb =

• 100m: 11.02 s (Weinheim; August 2013)

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Women's athletics}}

{{MedalCountry | {{flag|Germany}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2009 Berlin|4 × 100 m relay}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2010 Barcelona|100 m}}

{{MedalGold|2012 Helsinki|4 × 100 m relay}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Indoor Championships}}

{{MedalBronze | 2009 Turin|60 m}}

{{MedalBronze|2015 Prague|60 m}}

{{MedalCompetition|European U23 Championships}}

{{MedalGold |2007 Debrecen|100 m}}

{{MedalSilver |2005 Erfurt|4 × 100 m relay}}

{{MedalSilver |2007 Debrecen|4 × 100 m relay}}

{{MedalBronze |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.{{cite web|url=http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/Home/Sport/Uebersicht/Artikel,-LA-WM-Sailer-holt-Staffel-Bronze-_arid,1824202_regid,2_puid,2_pageid,4291.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120524153232/http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/Home/Sport/Uebersicht/Artikel,-LA-WM-Sailer-holt-Staffel-Bronze-_arid,1824202_regid,2_puid,2_pageid,4291.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 May 2012|title=Allgäuerin Verena Sailer spurtet zu Bronze|first=Anton|last=Schwankhart|work=Augsburger Allgemeine|date=23 August 2009|access-date=22 July 2010|language=de}}

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.{{Cite web|title = Verena Sailer Bio, Stats, and Results|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/verena-sailer-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417221800/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/verena-sailer-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2020-04-17|website = Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|access-date = 2016-01-03}} Although she did not reach the individual final, the German team (Sailer, Leena Günther, Anne Cibis and Tatjana Pinto) did, finishing in 5th place.{{Cite web|url = http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/london-2012/athletics/4x100m-relay-w|title = LONDON 2012 - ATHLETICS - 4 X 100M RELAY WOMEN - FINAL|access-date = 3 January 2016|website = www.olympic.org|publisher = IOC}}