Verena Sailer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Verena Sailer

German sprinter

Date of Birth: 16-Oct-1985

Place of Birth: Illertissen, Bavaria, Germany

Profession: sprinter, athletics competitor

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Verena Sailer

  • 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.At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the individual 100 m as well as the 4 × 100 m.
  • Although she did not reach the individual final, the German team (Sailer, Leena Günther, Anne Cibis and Tatjana Pinto) did, finishing in 5th place.

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