Yurie Kanuma

is a Japanese former biathlete, cross-country skier and cyclist. She represented Japan at the 2010 Winter Paralympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics. As a cyclist, she competed in para-cycling tandem road and track events.

Early life and education Kanuma was born on May 20, 1981, and is originally from Machida, Tokyo. She graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Bunkyo School for the Blind.

Sporting career At the age of 25, Kanuma discovered Nordic skiing (cross-country) and began competing in earnest in 2008. At that Paralympics, she participated in the women's road time trial B with pilot Mai Tanaka and won a silver medal. In recognition of her achievement, she was awarded the Machida City Citizen's Honor Award in the same year. Her left arm was subsequently amputated in 2018.