Eri Yamada

{{short description|Japanese softball player}} {{BLP one source|date=August 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox baseball biography | image = Eri Yamada 2.jpg | image_size= | caption= | name = Eri Yamada | position = Outfield | team = Hitachi Sundiva | number = 19 | bats = Left | throws = Left | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1984|3|8}} | birth_place = Fujisawa, Japan |medaltemplates= {{MedalSport | Women's Softball}} {{MedalCountry | {{JPN}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold| 2008 Beijing | Team}} {{MedalGold| 2020 Tokyo | Team}} {{MedalBronze|2004 Athens | Team}} {{MedalCompetition | World Cup }} {{MedalSilver | 2006 Beijing |Team}} {{MedalSilver | 2010 Caracas |Team}} {{MedalGold | 2012 Whitehorse |Team}} {{MedalGold | 2014 Haarlem |Team}} {{MedalSilver | 2016 Surrey |Team}} {{MedalSilver | 2018 Chiba |Team}} {{MedalCompetition | Asian Games}} {{MedalGold | 2018 Jakarta-Palembang | Team}} {{MedalCompetition | Asian Championship }} {{MedalGold | 2017 Taichung | Team}} {{MedalGold | 2019 Jakarta | Team}} }}

{{nihongo|'''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.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ya/eri-yamada-1.html|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024150959/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ya/eri-yamada-1.html|archivedate=2012-10-24}}</ref>

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.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}

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