Erica Wiebe
Olympic champion at her first Games, 6-0 in the final
- Born
- June 13, 1989, Stittsville, Ontario, Canada
- Nationality
Canada- Height
- 175 cm (5′9″)
- Weight
- 72 kg, 75 kg, 76 kg
- Active
- 2007–2024
- Status
- Retired · age 37
The medals
2016 Olympic gold, 2018 world bronze
The story
rica Wiebe took up wrestling in Grade 9 after seeing a sign for co-ed practice at her high school in Stittsville, Ontario. She went to London 2012 only as Leah Callahan's training partner, then put together a 36-match winning streak in 2014 that included Commonwealth Games gold. At her first Olympics, in Rio in 2016, she beat Zhang Fengliu and Vasilisa Marzaliuk and then shut out Kazakhstan's Guzel Manyurova 6-0 in the 75 kg final, scoring her first points by countering a lift. It was Canada's third Olympic wrestling gold. She won a second Commonwealth title and world bronze in 2018, placed 11th in Tokyo and retired in 2024, moving into broadcasting and a job with the Canadian Olympic Committee.
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- Olympic champion, 75 kg (2016)
- World bronze medallist, 76 kg (2018)
- Commonwealth Games champion (2014, 2018)
- Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin champion (2015)
- Canada's closing-ceremony flag bearer, 2018 Commonwealth Games
Defining matches
- 2016WINvs Zhang Fengliu (Rio Olympic quarter-final)
- 2016WINvs Vasilisa Marzaliuk (Rio Olympic semifinal, 3-0)
- 2016WINvs Guzel Manyurova (Rio Olympic final, 6-0)
- 2018LOSSvs Adeline Gray (World semifinal, Budapest, 1-3)
- 2018WINvs Epp Mäe (World bronze medal match, Budapest, 4-0)
Wiebe's first points in the Olympic final came from countering Guzel Manyurova's attempt to lift her. Drill lift defence with a partner: drop your hips, stay square and heavy, and finish on top so their attack turns into your score.
