2023 Track & Field Roster
Johannes Erm
- Position:
- Multi-Events
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Tallinn, Estonia
- High School:
- Tallinn Secondary School of Science
2021 Olympian (Decathlon - Estonia)
2019 NCAA Outdoor Champion (Decathlon)
2019 European Under-23 Championships Silver Medalist (8,445 points*)
2019, 2018 NCAA First Team Outdoor All-American (Decathlon)
2019, 2018 NCAA First Team Indoor All-American (Heptathlon)
2019 SEC Indoor Champion (Heptathlon)
2018 SEC Indoor Men's Freshman Field Athlete of the Year
2018 SEC Indoor Champion (Heptathlon)
*Georgia school record and Estonian U-23 national record
2023: Outdoor – Reached a mark of 13.79 meters/45 feet, 3 inches in the shot put to place 19th at the Mt. SAC Relays…Recorded a throw of 43.21m/141-9 in the discus to finish 15th at the LSU Invite…Also competed in the 800m at the LSU Invite, recording a time of 2:00.54.
Indoor – Earned runner-up honors in the heptathlon at the SEC Championships thanks to a score of 5,935…Took 13th in the hep at the NCAA Championships, serving as a key pacer to teammate Kyle Garland in the 1000m en route to Garland’s collegiate record in the event (No. 2 all-time world performer).
2022: Outdoor – Won his first SEC outdoor title after scoring 8,132 points in the decathlon…Had a season-best 110-meter hurdle time of 14.49 for fourth at the Torrin Lawrence Memorial…Went 46.77/153-5 for a season best in the discus at the Tom Jones Memorial for 22nd in the open event...Had to drop out following the first event of the decathlon at the NCAA Championships after aggravating an existing injury.
Indoor - Did not compete for the Bulldogs.
2021: Outdoor – Injured from the indoor season and sat out the season...Competed in the Tokyo Olympics and finished 11th with 8,213 points in the decathlon.
Indoor – Won the early season South Carolina Invitational with 5,727 heptathlon points…Had a season-best hep 60m time of 7.11 for eighth at the SEC Championships…Won the hep long jump after registering a mark of 24-9.25 at the SEC Championships before injuring himself later in the event and retiring…Secured the hep long jump victory at the South Carolina Invitational with a top effort of 23-11…Posted a season best of 8.12 for fourth in the 60m hurdles at the Carolina Challenge for 12th…Registered a season-best time of 2:40.62 to win the hep 1000m at the South Carolina Invitational…Reached a season-best height of 15-5.50 to take eighth in the pole vault at the USC Indoor Open…Hit a personal record of 48-0.50 in the hep shot put to take second at the South Carolina Invitational.
2020: Indoor – Earned CoSIDA Third Team Academic All-America honors...Named a USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual...Scored a meet record 6,114 points to win the heptathlon at the Razorback Invitational…This score ranked second on the school’s all-time top-10 list, made him the No. 11 all-time collegiate performer, gave him the 2020 national lead and put him fourth on the year’s world list…Moved to No. 10 in the UGA record books in the 60-meter hurdles after registering an 8.03 during the hep at the Razorback meet to take second in the event…Was 13th in the hurdles at the SEC Championships with an 8.08…Highlighted his only hep of the year with a 24-11 winning long jump…Competed in the open pole vault at the SEC meet and finished with a personal-best mark of 16-3.25 to take ninth.
2019: Outdoor - Started his year by earning runner-up honors in the decathlon at the Bulldog Decathlon after scoring 7,913 points…Captured his first NCAA dec title after tallying a personal record 8,352 points (No. 6 performer in collegiate history, No. 10 performance in collegiate history, Olympic standard score)..Improved his career best in the dec to a school record/Estonia u-23 national record 8,445 points to earn a silver medal at the European Under-23 Championships (No. 5 performer/No. 7 best performance on the all-dates collegiate list, best total all-time for a collegian outside the collegiate season) ...Named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for Spring 2019...Also named to the 2019 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.
Indoor - Followed up an All-American freshman campaign with an equally impressive sophomore campaign...Reached his second-straight NCAA Indoor Championship meet in the heptathlon, notching fifth place with a score of 5,817 points...Finished top three in four of the seven events, including top honors in the heptathlon long jump (24’5.5”)...Posted a career-best score of 5,996 points--moving him up to No. 5 all-time in school history--as he defended his conference title at the SEC Indoor Championships...Notched first place finishes in three events: the 1,000 meters (2:41.30), the long jump (24’9.25”) and the pole vault (16’2.5”)...Won his heptathlon opener at the Bob Pollock Invitational with a score of 5,805 points...Notched first place in five events, including a new personal best in the shot put (47’6.5”)...Secured top six finishes in three open events at the Clemson Invitational: sixth in the shot put (46’10.25”), fifth in the pole vault (16’2.75”) and third in the long jump (23’11.75”).
2018: Outdoor - Followed up his indoor All-American campaign with a monster outdoor season...Captured a third-place finish in the decathlon at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, accumulating a PR score of 8,046 points to improve his standing as Georgia’s No. 5 decathlete all-time...Joined with teammate and fellow Estonian Karl Saluri to score 14 points in the NCAA decathlon finals, becoming the first teammates to finish in the top three since 1992...Recorded three new personal bests at the meet, including a jump of 26’2.25” in the long jump, a run of 48.34 in the 400 meters and throw of 145 feet in the discus...Earned SEC Men’s Freshman of the Week (4/10/18) for his first collegiate decathlon, an event in which Georgia has had 12 NCAA finalists and four national medalists since 2013, by becoming the No. 5 performer in school history with the No. 4 NCAA qualifying mark (8,020 points) at the Bulldog Heptathlon/Decathlon...Finished top 30 in two open events, the 400 meters and the long jump, at the SEC Outdoor Championships...One of 46 UGA student-athletes who received Dean's List honors in Spring 2018, earning a 3.50 GPA or higher while taking 14 credit hours or more...Also named to the SEC Spring First-Year Academic Honor Roll as well.
Indoor - Burst onto the national scene as the SEC’s Male Freshman Field Athlete of the Year and a First Team All-American...Finished fourth in the heptathlon at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a score of 5,988 points, the second-best score by a freshman at NCAA Indoors in history and the best since Texas’ Donovan Kilmartin won the inaugural NCAA indoor heptathlon championship (6,136, 2004)...Posted new PRs in six of the seven events, which included top four finishes in the last three events: 16 feet, 3 ¼ inches in the pole vault (second), 25-0.75 in the long jump (second) and 45-2.25 in the shot put (fourth)...Earned the No. 10 NCAA qualifying mark in the heptathlon (5,716 points), becoming the first freshman to qualify in the event since Georgia’s Maicel Uibo in 2014...Took home his first SEC crown with a heptathlon title at the SEC Indoor Championships, improving his PR score to 5,716 points while earning wins in the 1000 meters (2:41.77) and the long jump (24-9.75) towards first team All-SEC honors...Exploded in his first collegiate heptathlon, securing third place with 5,679 points at the Razorback Invite, including a win in the heptathlon long jump (24-3)...Placed fourth in the pole vault (14-5.25) and 10th in the 60m hurdles (8.27) in his Georgia debut at the Orange & Purple Invite.
High School: Won a bronze medal in the decathlon at the 2016 U-20 World Championships…Finished with a silver medal in the decathlon at the 2017 U-20 European Championships…Personal-best score of 8,141 (U-20 decathlon).
Personal: Born March 26, 1998…Son of Triinu Kroon-Erm and Andres Erm…Dual-major in Communication Studies and Mechanical Engineering.
