Athlete: Wrestler
Year Inducted: 2025
Date of Birth: June 13, 1989
Born in: Stittsville, Ontario

On Aug. 18, 2016, Erica Wiebe cemented her place in the Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame, but the Rio Olympic champion’s induction is now officially confirmed a year after making her retirement from wrestling official.

Competing in the women’s 75 kg division, Wiebe left no doubt about who was the world’s best when she won all four of her matches by at least three points in Rio, including a 6-0 win in the gold medal final.

The Sacred Heart Huskies/National Capital Wrestling Club product won her first major title at the 2006 Canadian cadet championships, and went on to capture three individual Canadian university crowns with the Calgary Dinos, plus world university gold and bronze medals, and seven senior national championships.

In 2014, she won 36 matches in a row to become the world’s #1-ranked wrestler while earning her first of two Commonwealth Games gold medals. Wiebe was victorious in many more international tournaments during her career, and also earned a 2018 world championships bronze medal.

She earned her second Olympic berth at the continental qualifier in her hometown – just as COVID was shutting the world down – and eventually went on to place 11th at the Tokyo Games in 2021.

Since announcing her retirement last spring, Wiebe has also rapidly been inducted into the Wrestling Canada, University of Calgary Dinos and Stittsville Sports Halls of Fame. Now acting as the Canadian Olympic Committee’s Manager of Athlete Relations, Safe Sport and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Wiebe follows Ray Takahashi to become the second wrestler inducted into the Ottawa Sport Hall.