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At the 2016 South Africa
Swimming Championships and Olympic trials, Erasmus was the fastest of over 100 competitors in the heats of the 100 metres freestyle event, setting a new personal best of 49.54 seconds. In the semifinals, he won his race in a time of 49.85 seconds. He eventually finished third
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221:. He advanced from the heats in both events but was eliminated in the semifinals, having placed seventh in the 50 metres race and eighth in the 100 metres. He represented South Africa at the
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His results at the 2015 South
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710:"Brad Tandy Wins 50 Free in 22.13, Roland Schoeman Misses 5th Olympic Games"
451:"Results of the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay finals at 2014 Pan Pacific"
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477:"Results of the 4 × 100 metre medley relay finals at 2014 Pan Pacific"
658:"South Africa: The Only Way Is Up As Doug Does the Job for Rio 2016"
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421:"Results of the 100-metre freestyle heats at 2014 Pan Pacific"
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605:"2016 South African Nationals: Day 5 Finals Live Recap"
351:"The only way is up as Doug does the job for Rio 2016"
375:. 27th Summer Universiade Kazan 2013 Official Website
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525:"Swimming Results Men's 50m Freestyle Semi Final 1"
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138:(born 4 April 1990) is a South African
578:"Struggle for 100m freestyle swimmers"
834:South African male freestyle swimmers
683:De Villiers, Ockert (17 April 2016).
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505:. University of Pretoria. 3 July 2016
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204:4 × 100 metre medley relay
162:(B.Com.) degree in marketing at the
819:African Games medalists in swimming
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829:Swimmers at the 2019 African Games
824:Swimmers at the 2015 African Games
735:Mothowagae, Daniel (26 May 2016).
632:"Fight for Olympic places hots up"
256:(SASCOC) named him as part of the
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839:Olympic swimmers for South Africa
373:"Athletes / Erasmus Douglas John"
349:Etheridge, Mark (26 April 2016).
219:50 and 100 metre freestyle events
88:1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
16:South African swimmer (born 1990)
427:. 22 August 2014. Archived from
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685:"Schoeman laments missing Rio"
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737:"SA names first Rio batch"
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