Emile Erasmus

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Emile Erasmus
Personal information
NationalitySouth African
Born (1992-04-03) 3 April 1992 (age 31)
Pretoria, South Africa [1]
Height192 cm (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in) [1]
Weight99 kg (218 lb)
Sport
CountrySouth Africa
SportAthletics
Event 100 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best100 m: 10.01 (2018)
Medal record
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Men's athletics
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast 4 × 100 m relay

Emile Erasmus (born 3 April 1992) is a South African male track and field sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres. He holds a personal best of 10.01 seconds for the distance.

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His first international medal came at the 2011 African Junior Athletics Championships, where he won a bronze in the 100 m, while his compatriot Gideon Trotter took gold. [2] He undertook a degree in civil engineering at the University of Pretoria and continued to train under coach Frans van Rooyen. Standing at 192 cm (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in), he admired Usain Bolt for proving that height was not necessarily an impediment to speed. [1]

Erasmus improved his 100 m best to 10.23 seconds in the 2014 season, placing third at the South African Athletics Championships. He repeated that feat at the 2015 and 2016 national championships, earning him a place in the national team for the 2016 African Championships in Athletics. [3] Leading off the 4 × 100 metres relay team with Wayde van Niekerk, Tlotliso Leotlela, and Akani Simbine, the quartet took the gold medal. [4] He made an individual breakthrough in the 2017 season with a new 100 m best of 10.08 seconds in his native Pretoria. He spent June and July competing in European meetings that year. [3]

He was selected to compete at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships, but had to withdraw due to an Achilles tendon issue. [5] Erasmus helped set a South African record of 38.24 seconds in the relay at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, taking the silver medals alongside Henricho Bruintjies, Anaso Jobodwana and Akani Simbine (Simbine and Bruintjies had previously completed a 1–2 individually). [6]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2011 African Junior Championships Gaborone, Botswana3rd100 m10.70
2016 African Championships Durban, South Africa1st 4 × 100 m relay 38.84
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia2nd 4 × 100 m relay 38.24 NR
African Championships Asaba, Nigeria 34th (h) 200 m 21.851
1st 4 × 100 m relay 38.25
2019 World Relays Yokohama, Japan 9th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 38.66
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States 6th 4 × 100 m relay 38.10

1: Did not start in the semifinals

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Emile Erasmus. GC2018. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
  2. ↑ SA Juniors add five medals. Sport 24 (2011-05-13). Retrieved 2018-04-15.
  3. 1 2 Emile Erasmus. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
  4. ↑ African Championships, Durban (South Africa) 22-26/06/2016 Archived 11 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine . Africa Athle. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
  5. ↑ Etheridge, Mark (2018-02-25). Freak injury rules Erasmus out of worlds. Team SA. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
  6. ↑ Result - Men's 4 x 100m Relay Final Archived 13 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine . GC2018. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
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