Yumiko Shige

Yumiko Shige
Medal record
Sailing
Representing Japan
Olympic Games

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]

References

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yumiko Shige". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
Japan Olympic Committee profile. Retrieved 2 March 2011. (in Japanese)
五輪ヨット銀の重由美子さん死去　アトランタなど出場 (in Japanese)

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[1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yumiko Shige". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.

[2] Japan Olympic Committee profile. Retrieved 2 March 2011. (in Japanese)

[3] 五輪ヨット銀の重由美子さん死去　アトランタなど出場 (in Japanese)