Eri Yonamine

Eri Yonamine
與那嶺恵理
Personal information
Born (1991-04-25) April 25, 1991
Team information
Current team Poitou–Charentes.Futuroscope.86
Discipline Road, cyclocross
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
2013 Team Forza
2016 Hagens Berman–Supermint
2016 Poitou–Charentes.Futuroscope.86
Major wins
National Road Race Championships 2013, 2016
National Time Trial Championships 2013, 2015–2016
National Mountain Bike Championships Cross Country 2013, 2015
Infobox last updated on
25 June 2016

Eri Yonamine (與那嶺恵理 Yonamine Eri, born 25 April 1991) is a Japanese women's racing cyclist who currently rides for Poitou–Charentes.Futuroscope.86. Yonamine only switched from tennis to cycling when in college at Tsukuba University, and quickly achieved success in Japan, coming in second in both the Japanese National Road Race Championships and the Japanese National Time Trial Championships in 2012 at age 21.[1][2] The next year, she won both the national road race and time trial championships.[3][4] In the spring of 2016, she signed a short-term contract with the American UCI team Hagens Berman–Supermint,[5] and later repeated her victory in the national time trial.[6] Yonamine was selected to represent Japan in the 2016 Summer Olympics.[7]

Notable results

2013
1st National Road Race Championships
1st National Time Trial Championships
2015
1st National Time Trial Championships
2016
1st National Road Race Championships
1st National Time Trial Championships

References

  1. Takagi, Hideaki. "萩原麻由子が貫禄の3連覇 與那嶺恵理が2位と大健闘". Cyclowired. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  2. Karasawa, Aki. 躍り出た新星・與那嶺恵理. Cyclist (in Japanese). Sanspo. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  3. 與那嶺恵理が圧倒的な独走で新女王に. Cyclist (in Japanese). Sanspo. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  4. Tsuji, Kei. キャノンデールの大場政登志が初王者に 女子は與那嶺恵理が初優勝. Cyclowired (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  5. "與那嶺恵理がアメリカのUCIプロチーム、ハーゲンスベルマン・スーパーミントと契約". Cyclowired (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  6. "西薗良太念願のタイトル奪還 與那嶺恵理圧倒の連覇". Cyclowired (in Japanese). 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  7. "Yonamine wins fight to represent Japan at Olympic Games | Cyclingnews.com". Retrieved 2016-08-01.

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