Yumiko Shige
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| Medal record | ||
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| 1996 Atlanta | 470 class | |
Yumiko Shige (重 由美子, Shige Yumiko; 4 August 1965 – 9 December 2018, both in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture) was a Japanese sailor.[1] She won a silver medal in the 470 class at the 1996 Summer Olympics with Alicia Kinoshita.[2] Shige instructed other sailors in a yacht harbour local to her residence.
Shige died of breast cancer on 9 December 2018 at the age of 53.[3]