Martin Sauer (rowing)

Martin Sauer
Sauer in 2017
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1982-12-17) 17 December 1982
Wriezen, Bezirk Frankfurt, East Germany
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
CountryGermany
SportRowing
Event(s)Coxed four, Eight
ClubBerliner RC
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
2012 LondonEight
2016 Rio de JaneiroEight
2020 TokyoEight
World Championships
2006 EtonCoxed four
2009 PoznańEight
2010 Lake KarapiroEight
2011 BledEight
2012 PlovdivLwt eight
2017 SarasotaEight
2018 PlovdivEight
2019 OttensheimEight
2008 LinzLwt eight
2013 ChungjuEight
2014 AmsterdamEight
2015 AiguebeletteEight
2005 GifuCoxed four
2007 MunichCoxed four
European Championships
2010 Montemor-o-VelhoEight
2013 SevilleEight
2014 BelgradeEight
2015 PoznańEight
2016 BrandenburgEight
2017 RačiceEight
2018 GlasgowEight
2019 LucerneEight
World Championships (U23)
2003 BelgradeCoxed four
2004 PoznańEight
2001 LinzCoxed four
World Championships (junior)
2000 ZagrebEight

Martin Sauer (born 17 December 1982) is a German former representative rowing coxswain. He was an eight-time world champion at the senior level and three-time underage world champion. He is a triple Olympian and a triple Olympic medallist. He held his seat as coxswain of the German senior men's eight — the Deutschlandachter — constantly from 2009 to 2021 and steered that crew to their six world championship titles and also when at the 2017 World Rowing Cup II they set a world's best time of 5.18.68, which still the standing world mark as of 2021.

He coxed the German crew which won the gold medal in the men's eight competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he steered Germany's men's eight to their silver medal win. He was selected in the German Olympic rowing squad for Tokyo 2021 and coxed the men's eight for his third Olympic appearance and his second Olympic silver medal.