 Sailer at the2013 World Championships | |
| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Verena Sailer |
| Born | (1985-10-16)16 October 1985 (age 40) |
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Germany |
| Sport | Running |
Event(s) | 60 metres,100 metres |
| Achievements and titles | |
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Medal record | |
Verena Sailer (born 16 October 1985 inIllertissen) is a retiredGermansprinter, who specialised in the100 metres. Her personal best time is 11.02 seconds, achieved in August 2013. She won thegold medal at the2010 European Athletics Championships inBarcelona. During her sporting career she was a member ofMTG Mannheim.
Sailer representedGermany at the 2008 Summer Olympics inBeijing. She competed in the4 × 100 metres relay together withAnne Möllinger,Cathleen Tschirch andMarion Wagner. In their first round heat they placed third behindJamaica andRussia and in front ofChina. 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 the2009 IAAF World Championships inBerlin, 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 thebronze medal in a season's best time of 42.87 seconds.[1]
At the2012 European Athletics Championships inHelsinki, 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 German4 × 100 metres relay team ofLeena Günther,Anne Cibis, andTatjana Pinto as the final runner with a clear lead to win the title again since1994 at the same venue.
At the2012 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]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 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.
European Athletics Championships champions in women's100 metres | |
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