Johannes Erm (born March 26, 1998) is an Estonian decathlete and the reigning European champion and a silver medalist at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in the heptathlon. He competed at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games. He won the 2019 NCAA championships in the decathlon.
Career Johannes Erm was born March 26, 1998, in Tartu. He started school in Tallinn Secondary School of Science. In his youth he played football in the Estonian club FC Flora. In 2011, he transitioned into track and field and started training with his trainer at the time Holger Peel. In 2017 he finished high school and went to study mechanical engineering in University of Georgia. Where he was coached by Petros Kyprianou. In 2021 his coach changed to James Thomas. In 2023, after finishing his studies and returning to Estonia, his coach changed back to Holger Peel.
He finished eleventh in the decathlon at the delayed 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, with a tally of 8,213 points.
He finished ninth at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, finishing with a tally of 8,227 points in the decathlon. He also placed ninth in the decathlon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, with a personal best score of 8,484 points.
He was selected to compete in the heptathlon at the 2024 World Athletics Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, in March 2024, and finished in third place overall to win the bronze medal with a personal best 6,340 points.
Competing in the decathlon he was a gold medalist at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in June 2024, with a personal best tally of 8,764 points. Whilst competing at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, he finished in sixth place overall.
In March 2025, he competed in the heptathlon at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, finishing in fourth place with 6,380 points, coming close to a medal, finishing just eight points behind bronze medalist Till Steinforth of Germany. He followed that by also competing in the heptathlon at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, later in the same month, and this time came away with a medal as he set an Estonian national record of 6,437 points to win the silver medal behind Sander Skotheim of Norway, whilst Germany’s Till Steinforth claimed bronze with 6275. He finished second at Décastar in July 2025.
International competitions Representing 2016World U20 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz 3rdDecathlon U207,879 points2017European U20 ChampionshipsGrosseto 2ndDecathlon U208,141 points2019European U23 ChampionshipsGävle 2ndDecathlon8,445 points2021Olympic GamesTokyo 11thDecathlon8,213 points2022World ChampionshipsEugene9thDecathlon8,227 points2023World ChampionshipsBudapest9thDecathlon8,484 points2024 World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow 3rdHeptathlon6,340 pointsEuropean ChampionshipsRome1stDecathlon8,764 pointsOlympic GamesParis 6thDecathlon8,569 points2025European Indoor ChampionshipsApeldoorn4thHeptathlon6,380 pointsWorld Indoor ChampionshipsNanjing 2ndHeptathlon6,437 pointsWorld ChampionshipsTokyo5thDecathlon8,431 points2026European ChampionshipsBirmingham –DecathlonDNF
Personal bests Information from World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.
Outdoor
Event Performance Location Date Points Decathlon Rome 10–11 June 2024 8,764 points 100 metres 10.60 Rome 10 June 2024 952 points Long jump Eugene 6 June 2018 1,056 points Shot put Budapest 26 August 2023 813 points High jump Paris 2 August 2024 878 points 400 metres 46.81 Rome 10 June 2024 968 points 110 metres hurdles 14.19 Athens, Georgia 5 April 2019 950 points Discus throw Tallinn 9 August 2020 858 points Pole vault Talence 15 September 2024 1,026 points Javelin throw Rome 26 August 2023 779 points 1500 metres 4:22.19 Budapest 11 June 2024 797 points Virtual Best Performance 9,077 points
Indoor
Event Performance Location Date Points Heptathlon Nanjing 22–23 March 2025 6,437 points 60 metres 6.90 Glasgow 2 March 2024 918 points Long jump Nanjing 22 March 2025 1,002 points Shot put Glasgow 2 March 2024 834 points High jump Apeldoorn 7 March 2025 813 points 60 metres hurdles 7.91 Nanjing 23 March 2025 1,005 points Pole vault Apeldoorn 8 March 2025 1,004 points 1000 metres 2:33.09 Apeldoorn 8 March 2025 952 points Virtual Best Performance 6,528 points
References
External links
Johannes Erm's decathlon profile