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Eri Yamada

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Eri Yamada (山田 恵里, Yamada Eri; born 8 March 1984) is a Japanese former softball player who won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Olympics. At Beijing, Yamada hit .344 in the tournament while belting two home runs and driving in five for Japan. In the gold medal game she went 2-3, including a solo shot off Cat Osterman. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 12 different languages on Wikipedia. Eri Yamada is the 7,704th most popular athlete (down from 6,701st in 2024), the 5,505th most popular biography from Japan (down from 4,513th in 2019) and the 132nd most popular Japanese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Eri Yamada ranks 7,707 out of 6,025. Before her are Ana Cláudia Lemos, Jeroen Hertzberger, David Valero, Micah Boyd, Alejandro Alonso, Lassi Etelätalo, Agnieszka Kobus, Tuğba Danışmaz, and Tess Ledeux. After her are Thomas Chirault, Xavier García, and Faith Idehen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Eri Yamada ranks 1,753. Before her are Ryosuke Takayasu, Steve Burtt Jr., Brian McCann, Brad Keselowski, Hilton Armstrong, and Scott Kazmir. After her are Yuniesky Quesada, Hayden Stoeckel, Juan Carlos Valenzuela, James Ellsworth, Nadiya Hussain, and David Tanner.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Eri Yamada ranks 5,518 out of 6,245. Before her are Takayuki Tada (1988), Taishi Tsukamoto (1985), Akira Takase (1988), Ryo Nagai (1991), Mai Nakamura (1989), and Hironori Ishikawa (1988). After her are Takuro Kikuoka (1985), Shota Kawanishi (1988), Yasuhito Tomita (1990), Koki Kotegawa (1989), Ryuki Miura (1992), and Kenzō Shirai (1996).

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Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Eri Yamada ranks 132. Before her are Yumi Suzuki (1991), Mikiko Ando (1992), Takuya Haneda (1987), Ikuma Horishima (1997), Sakura Yosozumi (2002), and Ryutaro Araga (1990). After her are Yoshihide Kiryū (1995), Ayana Onozuka (1988), Tatsuru Saito (2002), Tatsunori Otsuka (2000), Kazuma Tomoto (1983), and Koki Ikeda (1998).

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