title: Yumie Funayama
text: is a Japanese curler, born April 5, 1978, in Tokoro, Hokkaido as . She is currently the coach of Sayaka Yoshimura's team from Sapporo, Hokkaido.
  
  Career
  At age 12, Funayama began curling in her hometown Tokoro, Hokkaido, joining Akiko Katoh's junior team together with Ayumi Ogasawara (then Onodera). Funayama mainly played third for the Katoh team. The team represented Japan at four World Junior Curling Championships (1996, 1997, 1998 & 1999), winning a silver medal in 1998 and another silver in 1999. The team later represented Japan at the 2002 Winter Olympics, finishing in 8th place with a 2–7 record.
  
  After the 2001-2002 season, Funayama moved from Hokkaido to Aomori and formed a new team with her then-teammate Ayumi Ogasawara (then Onodera), who became the skip of the new team. The team represented Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where Funayama played third and Japan finished 7th with a 4–5 record, including a surprise win over one of the usual curling powerhouses, Canada. After the 2005-2006 season, Funayama and Ogasawara announced their temporary retirement. Funayama got married and had a child before returning to the sport in the 2011-12 season.
  
  In 2011, Funayama and Ogasawara formed a new team in Sapporo, Hokkaido. The team qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics through the Olympic Qualification Event 2013. At the Olympic Games, Funayama threw third stones under skip Ogasawara, and Japan finished in 5th place with a 4–5 record, winning against two former World Championship teams, Switzerland's Mirjam Ott and China's Wang Bingyu.
  
  Personal life
  Funayama is married and has two children. She lives in Sapporo.
  
  Teammates
  2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games
  Akiko Katoh, Skip
  Ayumi Onodera, Second
  Mika Konaka, Lead
  Kotomi Ishizaki, Alternate
  2006 Turin Olympic Games
  Ayumi Onodera, Skip
  Mari Motohashi, Second
  Moe Meguro, Lead
  Sakurako Terada, Alternate
  2014 Sochi Olympic Games
  Ayumi Ogasawara, Skip
  Kaho Onodera, Second
  Michiko Tomabechi, Lead
  Chinami Yoshida, Alternate
  
  References
  
  External links
  
  Japanese female curlers
  Living people
  1978 births
  People from Kitami, Hokkaido
  Curlers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
  Curlers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
  Curlers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
  Olympic curlers for Japan
  Pacific-Asian curling champions
  Japanese curling champions
  Sportspeople from Sapporo
  Curlers from Hokkaido
  20th-century Japanese women
  21st-century Japanese women