Martin Sauer (rowing)

Martin Sauer
Sauer in 2017
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1982-12-17) 17 December 1982
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 London Eight
2016 Rio de Janeiro Eight
2020 Tokyo Eight
World Championships
2006 Eton Coxed four
2009 Poznań Eight
2010 Lake Karapiro Eight
2011 Bled Eight
2012 Plovdiv Lwt eight
2017 Sarasota Eight
2018 Plovdiv Eight
2019 Ottensheim Eight
2008 Linz Lwt eight
2013 Chungju Eight
2014 Amsterdam Eight
2015 Aiguebelette Eight
2005 Gifu Coxed four
2007 Munich Coxed four
European Championships
2010 Montemor-o-Velho Eight
2013 Seville Eight
2014 Belgrade Eight
2015 Poznań Eight
2016 Brandenburg Eight
2017 Račice Eight
2018 Glasgow Eight
2019 Lucerne Eight
World Championships (U23)
2003 Belgrade Coxed four
2004 Poznań Eight
2001 Linz Coxed four
World Championships (junior)
2000 Zagreb Eight

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.