Verena Sailer

Verena Sailer (born 16 October 1985 in Illertissen) is a retired German sprinter, who specialised in the 100 metres.

She competed in the 4 × 100 metres relay together with Anne Möllinger, Cathleen Tschirch and Marion Wagner.

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.

Sailer after her win at the 2010 European Championships