Eri Yonamine

Eri Yonamine
Personal information
Full name
  • Eri Yonamine
  • Japanese: (與那嶺恵理)
Born (1991-04-25) 25 April 1991 (age 33)
Osaka, Japan
Team information
Current teamLaboral Kutxa–Fundación Euskadi
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Cyclo-cross
  • Mountain biking
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur team
2013Team Forza
Professional teams
2016Hagens Berman–Supermint
2016–2017Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86
2018Wiggle High5
2019–2020Alé–Cipollini[1][2]
2021Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank[3][4]
2022–2023Human Powered Health[5]
2024Laboral Kutxa–Fundación Euskadi
Major wins
One day races & Classics
National Road Race Championships (2013, 2016–2019, 2024)
National Time Trial Championships (2013, 2015–2019)
Medal record
Women's road bicycle racing
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Time trial
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Time trial
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Road race

Eri Yonamine (與那嶺恵理, Yonamine Eri, born 25 April 1991) is a Japanese professional racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's ContinentalTeam Laboral Kutxa–Fundación Euskadi.[6]

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.[7][8] The next year, she won both the national road race and time trial championships.[9][10] In the spring of 2016, she signed a short-term contract with the American UCI team Hagens Berman–Supermint,[11] and later repeated her victory in the national time trial.[12] Yonamine was selected to represent Japan in the 2016 Summer Olympics.[13]

  1. ^ "Ale Cipollini complete 2019 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  2. ^ Frattini, Kirsten (11 December 2019). "Bastianelli reveals new Ale BTC Ljubljana kit at team launch". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Team Tibco - Silicon Valley Bank". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  4. ^ Frattini, Kirsten (12 November 2020). "TIBCO-SVB strengthen roster with Erath, Buurman and Yonamine". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Eri Yonamine signs with Human Powered Health for 2022". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Eri Yonamine Interview". 20 December 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Karasawa, Aki. 躍り出た新星・與那嶺恵理. Cyclist (in Japanese). Sanspo. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "Yonamine wins fight to represent Japan at Olympic Games | Cyclingnews.com". 29 June 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.