Erik de Bruin (born 25 May 1963 in Hardinxveld-Giessendam, South Holland) is a retired Dutch discus thrower and shot putter.

De Bruin was Holland's leading discus thrower and shot putter in the 1980s and early 1990s.

[1] De Bruin failed a sports drug test in 1993 but was cleared by the disciplinary committee of the Dutch Athletics Federation (KNAU).

[citation needed] The International Association of Athletics Federations did not accept the ruling and banned de Bruin for four years.

His wife's later book maintained that finances prevented de Bruin from appealing the conviction and ban fully to prove his innocence.