Eri Marina Yo

Eri Marina Yo

Personal information
Born	(1987-09-02) September 2, 1987 Jakarta, Indonesia
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st)
Website	Official Site
Sport
Country	Indonesia
Sport	Speed skating
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	300 m: 28.001 (2012) 500 m: 44.264 (2012)
Medal record Women's speed skating Representing the  Indonesia Pekan Olahraga Nasional PON XVIII 2012 Riau 300m PON XVIII 2012 Riau 1500m PON XVIII 2012 Riau Relay 5km PON XVII 2008 Samarinda 300m PON XVII 2008 Samarinda 500m PON XVII 2008 Samarinda 10km PON XVII 2008 Samarinda Relay 10km PON XVI 2004 Palembang 300m PON XVI 2004 Palembang 500m PON XVI 2004 Palembang 5km PON XVI 2004 Palembang Relay 5km

Eri Marina Yo (born September 2, 1987, Jakarta, Indonesia) is an Indonesia inline speed skater.

Yo is the first Indonesian who received the highest score at the Asianic Inline Cup^[1] in which she was titled as overall leader.^[2] She won more than 33 championships with 99 medals in regional and world events.^[3]

Career

She became the first athlete who set record in Indonesia National Games, Pekan Olahraga Nasional as four gold medalist, two times in consecutive, on 2004 and 2008.^[4] She represented East Kalimantan regional team on 2008 Pekan Olahraga Nasional, and represented Jakarta regional team at 2012 Pekan Olahraga Nasional in Riau.^[5] In 2011, she launched a roller sport school, Cross Roller Club, in Jakarta and Palembang.^[6]

2011 Southeast Asian Games

Roller sports became a competition sport in Asian Games in Guangzhou, 2010 for the first time.^[7] Yo had been selected into roller sport national team to compete but withdrew.^[8] The following year, roller sport made its debut in Southeast Asian Games in Palembang, 2011,^[9] 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.^[10]

2012 Asian Beach Games

Indonesia has participated in 10 events, including the premiere of roller sport.^[11] 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 gold medalist, and Yo was crowned to represent Indonesia in Roller speed skating at the 2012 Asian Beach Games.^[12]

Yo lives in Kaohsiung and has trained with the Chinese Taipei team since 2012. In March 2012 she fractured her clavicle and acromioclavicular joint while training.^[13] At the Asian Beach Games Haiyang, June 2012, Eri placed 6th rank in 200 m^[14] and 5th rank in 500 m.^[15]

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