Ashley Erasmus
{{Short description|South African athlete (born 2005)}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
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| nationality = South African
| sport = Athletics
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2005|6|7|df=yes}}
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| pb = Shot put: 16.98m (Accra, 2024)
Discus: 52.35m (Pietermaritzburg, 2023)
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{{Medal|Sport|Women's athletics}}
{{Medal|Country|{{flagu|South Africa}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|African Games}}
{{Medal|Gold|2023 Accra|Shot put}}
{{Medal|Competition|African Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2024 Douala|Shot put}}
{{Medal|Competition|African U20 Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2023 Ndola|Shot put}}
{{Medal|Gold|2023 Ndola|Discus}}
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Ashley Erasmus (born 7 June 2005) is a South African track and field athlete who won gold at the 2023 African Games in the shot put.{{cite web|title=Ashley Erasmus|website=World Athletics|accessdate=23 March 2024|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/south-africa/ashley-erasmus-14942761}}
Early life
From Mpumalanga she was educated at Hoërskool Nelspruit.{{cite web|url= https://nelliesh.co.za/nhs-se-atletieksterre-wen-n-hele-handvol-medaljes-by-sas/ashley-erasmus-2/|website=Nelliesh.co.za|title=Ashley Erasmus|accessdate=24 March 2024}} She received a scholarship to attend University of Southern California.{{cite web|title= Ashley gets scholarship from top university in USA|date=19 January 2024|first=Carla|last=Lewis|url= https://www.netwerk24.com/netwerk24/skole-studente/myskool/matrieks/ashley-kry-beurs-van-top-universiteit-in-vsa-20240118|website=Netwerk24.com}}
Career
A member or Mpumalanga Athletics,{{cite web|url=https://www.citizen.co.za/witbank-news/news-headlines/2023/04/14/outstanding-performance-by-mpumalanga-athletes-at-nationals/amp |website=Cotizen.co.za|accessdate=24 March 2024|title= Outstanding performance by Mpumalanga athletes at nationals|date=14 April 2023 }} Erasmus won gold in the shot put and the discus at the South African U18 Track And Field Championships in Potchefstroom. In the shot put competition she threw {{convert|18.15|m}}, nearly three metres clear of her nearest opponent, and comfortably clear of the previous South African youth record of {{convert|17.52|m}} which was set by Lezaan Jordaan in Germiston in April 2012. In the discus she produced a personal best of {{convert|51.77|m}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.athletics.africa/news/africa/rsa/viwe-erasmus-richardson-defy-weather-to-deliver-double-gold-national-records-in-potchefstroom-15895|date=4 April 2022|website=Athletics.Africa|access-date=24 March 2024|title=Viwe, Erasmus, Richardson Defy Weather To Deliver Double Gold, National Records In Potchefstroom}}{{cite web|title= Nelspruit's Ashley Erasmus breaks SA under-18 shot put record|date=24 October 2022|first=Wim|last= Pretorius|url= https://www.netwerk24.com/netwerk24/sport/skole/nelspruit-se-ashley-erasmus-breek-sa-o18-gewigstootrekord-20221024|website=Netwerk24.com}}
Erasmus won gold in both the shot put and the discus at the African U20 Championships in Ndola, Zambia in 2023.{{cite web|url= https://www.citizen.co.za/germiston-city-news/sports-news/2023/05/10/athletes-return-from-caa-champs-in-zambia/amp|website=Citizen.co.za|accessdate=24 March 2024|title= Local athletes return from Zambian championships|date=10 May 2023 }} She became South African senior national champion in the shot put in 2023.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7194901?eventId=10229530|website=World Athletics|accessdate=24 March 2024|title= South African Championships|date=30 March 2023}}
Erasmus won shot put gold at the 2023 African Games in Accra in March 2024 with a personal best of {{convert|16.98|m}}.{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/bass-bittaye-meshesha-african-games-accra|date=23 March 2024|accessdate=23 March 2024|website=World Athletics|title= Bass-Bittaye completes sprint double and Meshesha breaks Games record in Accra}} She finished seventh in the discus at the same event with a throw of {{convert|51.85|m}}.{{cite web|url= https://www.citizen.co.za/lowvelder/sports-news/2024/03/22/ashley-erasmus-wins-gold-in-african-games/|website=Citizen.co.za|accessdate=24 March 2024|title= Ashley Erasmus wins gold in African Games|first=Mark|last=Kinnear|date=22 March 2024}} In April 2024, she won the shot put at the South African national championship in Pietermaritzburg with a {{convert|17.27|m}} distance.{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7207314?eventId=10229530&gender=W|title= South African Championships - wonen's shot put|date=18 April 2024|accessdate=20 April 2024|website=World Athletics}} She finished third in the discus at the same event.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7207314?eventId=10229531&gender=W |date=18 April 2024|accessdate=20 April 2024|website=World Athletics | title=South African Championships | Results | World Athletics }}
References
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{{Footer All-Africa Champions Shot Put Women}}
{{Footer African Champions women's shot put}}
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Category:South African female shot putters
Category:Athletes from Mpumalanga
Category:21st-century South African sportswomen
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 African Games
Category:African Games gold medalists for South Africa
Category:African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
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