Vera Maud Searle OBE (née Palmer; 25 August 1901 – 12 September 1998) was a British sprinter and athletics administrator.

Later the same year, she participated at the first WAAA Championships taking bronze medal behind Eileen Edwards in the 220 yards.

[3][4] The following year Palmer became the national 440 yards champion at the 1924 WAAA Championships.

[5][6] Competing as Vera Palmer, she set a world record at 250 metres of 35.4 seconds in 1923 Paris and in 1925, again set a world record at 250 metres of 33.8 seconds at Stamford Bridge.

[8] The following year in June, she retained both AAA titles at the 1926 WAAA Championships and in August 1926, she won silver (to compatriot Eileen Edwards) in the 250m at the 1926 Women's World Games, held at the Slottsskogsvallen Stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden.