Martin Erasmus is a South African

freestyle wrestler Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling. It is one of two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games, along with Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman. scholastic wrestling, High school wrestling and men's collegiate wrestling in the U ...

. He won the gold medal in the men's 97kg event at the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, were an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that was held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

held in Gold Coast, Australia. 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. In 2021, he competed at the African & Oceania Olympic Qualification Tournament hoping to qualify for the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

in Tokyo, Japan.

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* Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) South African male sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists in wrestling Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa African Wrestling Championships medalists Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games 21st-century South African people {{SouthAfrica-wrestling-bio-stub