Shizuko Sakashita

{{short description|Japanese gymnast}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}

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| name = Shizuko Sakashita

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| nationality = Japanese

| sport = Gymnastics

| birth_date = {{birth date|1933|12|8|df=yes}}

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| death_date = {{death date and age|1972|5|17|1933|12|8|df=yes}}{{cite web|url = http://www004.upp.so-net.ne.jp/kuhiwo/dazai/db07.html|title = 自殺データベース|date = 8 December 2019|publisher = Research Institute for Japanese Suicidology|access-date = 17 May 2020}} {{in lang|ja}}

| death_place = Toyama, Japan

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Shizuko Sakashita ({{Langx|ja|坂下 千津子}}, 8 December 1933 – 17 May 1972) was a Japanese gymnast. She competed in seven events at the 1956 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/shizuko-sakashita-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417211849/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/shizuko-sakashita-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Shizuko Sakashita Olympic Results |access-date=28 July 2019}} Sakashita committed suicide by gas poisoning in 1972.{{Cite web |title=Shizuko Sakashita |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/28787 |access-date=22 January 2021 |website=Olympedia}}