Eri Yanetani (born 7 June 1984 in

Kobe Kobe ( , ; officially , ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in Kansai region, w ...

) is a Japanese

snowboarder Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. It features in the Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympi ...

. Yanetani competed in the women's parallel giant slalom event at the 2006 Winter Olympics, placing 18th, and the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May Doan Nancy GreeneWayne Gr ...

, placing 21st. At the

2017 Asian Winter Games The 2017 Asian Winter Games ( ja, 2017アジア冬季競技大会, 2017 Ajia tōkikyōgitaikai) was the 8th edition of the Asian Winter Games. They were hosted in Sapporo and Obihiro in Hokkaido, Japan. These Games were originally scheduled for ...

she won a silver medal in the

slalom To slalom is to zigzag between obstacles. It may refer to: Sports ;Alpine skiing and/or snowboarding * Slalom skiing, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline * Giant slalom, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline * Super-G ...

event and a gold medal in the

giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up t ...

event.

References

1984 births Living people Japanese female snowboarders Olympic snowboarders for Japan Snowboarders at the 2006 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2010 Winter Olympics Asian Games medalists in snowboarding Snowboarders at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Snowboarders at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Sportspeople from Kobe 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-snowboarding-bio-stub