Martin Erasmus Explained

Martin Erasmus
Country:South Africa
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Weight Class:97 kg
Event:Freestyle

Martin Erasmus is a South African freestyle wrestler. He won the gold medal in the men's 97kg event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Australia.[1]

At the 2018 African Wrestling Championships held in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, he won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 97 kg event. He also won the silver medal in this competition at the African Wrestling Championships in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2020.[2]

In 2021, he competed at the African & Oceania Olympic Qualification Tournament hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: South African medallists from Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games honoured in Pretoria. Etchells. Daniel. 25 April 2018. InsideTheGames.biz. 17 January 2020.
  2. News: Olanowski. Eric. Adekuoroye Climbs to World No. 1 After Winning Fifth African Title. 8 February 2020. United World Wrestling. 9 February 2020.
  3. Web site: 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210505200512/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/final-book.pdf. 5 May 2021. 5 May 2021. United World Wrestling.