Yumiko Shige

{{Short description|Japanese sailor (1965–2018)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{MedalTableTop}} {{MedalSport | [[Sailing (sport)|Sailing]]}} {{MedalCountry | {{JAP}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics|470 class]]}} {{MedalBottom}}

{{nihongo|'''Yumiko Shige'''|重由美子|Shige Yumiko|4 August 1965 – 9 December 2018, both in [[Karatsu]], [[Saga Prefecture]]}} was a Japanese [[sailing (sport)|sailor]].<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/yumiko-shige-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417210827/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/yumiko-shige-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020}}</ref> She won a silver medal in the [[470 (dinghy)|470]] class at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] with [[Alicia Kinoshita]].<ref>[http://www.joc.or.jp/past_games/sydney/member/sailing/shigeyumiko.html Japan Olympic Committee profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210063402/http://www.joc.or.jp/past_games/sydney/member/sailing/shigeyumiko.html |date=10 December 2018 }}. Retrieved 2 March 2011. {{in lang|ja}}</ref> 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.<ref>[https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASLD95RPHLD9KTQ201L.html 五輪ヨット銀の重由美子さん死去アトランタなど出場] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210085523/https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASLD95RPHLD9KTQ201L.html |date=10 December 2018 }} {{in lang|ja}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{World Sailing|yumiko-shige|id=JPNYS9}} * {{Olympics.com|yumiko-shige}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Team Japan|olympic/atlanta/sports/yacht/team/shige}}

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