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, whic ...

) 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 Paralympic ...

. Yanetani competed in the women's parallel giant slalom event at the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t ...

, 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 DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...

, placing 21st. At the 2017 Asian Winter Games she won a silver medal in the slalom event and a gold medal in the giant slalom event.

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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