Eri Marina Yo (born September 2, 1987 in Jakarta, Indonesia) is an

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inline speed skater. Yo is the first Indonesian who received the highest score at the Asianic Inline Cup in which she was titled as overall leader. She won more than 33 championships with 99 medals in regional and world events.

Career

She became the first athlete who set record in Indonesia National Games,

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as four gold medalist, two times in consecutive, on 2004 and 2008. She represented

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regional team on

2008 Pekan Olahraga Nasional 2008 Pekan Olahraga National or the Indonesia National Games XVII were a major multi-sport event in Indonesia which took place in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, from 5–17 July 2008. A total of 7,946 athletes participated in the biggest-ever Pekan ...

, and represented Jakarta regional team at

2012 Pekan Olahraga Nasional 2012 Pekan Olahraga Nasional or 2012 National Sports Week was a multi-sport event in Indonesia which was held in Riau from 9–20 September 2012. The previous edition was held in East Kalimantan. Thousands of athletes, officials, and journalists ...

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. In 2011, she launched a roller sport school, Cross Roller Club, in Jakarta and Palembang.

2011 Southeast Asian Games

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became a competition sport in Asian Games in

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, 2010 for the first time. Yo had been selected into roller sport national team to compete but withdrew. The following year, roller sport made its debut in Southeast Asian Games in Palembang, 2011, Yo had been called again into roller sport national team, but during the national training she had to withdraw due to a knee fracture injury.

2012 Asian Beach Games

Indonesia has participated in 10 events, including the premiere of roller sport. The selection of Indonesia roller sport national team, was held on International Roller Skating competition in Sidoarjo, 2012. Yo won two gold medals in 500 m and 1500 m, and defeated Huang Yu Ting from Chinese Taipei, 2010 Asian Games gold medalist and Ajeng Prasalita from Indonesia,

2011 Southeast Asian Games The 2011 Southeast Asian Games, ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia Tenggara 2011) officially known as the 26th Southeast Asian Games, or the 26th SEA Games, and commonly known as Jakarta-Palembang 2011, was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held from ...

gold medalist, and Yo was crowned to represent Indonesia in

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. Yo lives in Kaohsiung and has trained with the Chinese Taipei team since 2012. In March 2012 she fractured her clavicle and

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while training. At the Asian Beach Games Haiyang, June 2012, Eri placed 6th rank in 200 m and 5th rank in 500 m.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yo, Eri Marina 1987 births Indonesian speed skaters Inline speed skaters Living people Sportspeople from Jakarta