Yumiko Shige

{{Short description|Japanese sailor (1965–2018)}}

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{{MedalSport | Sailing}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver|1996 Atlanta | 470 class}}

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{{nihongo|Yumiko Shige|重 由美子|Shige Yumiko|4 August 1965 – 9 December 2018, both in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture}} was a Japanese sailor.{{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}} She won a silver medal in the 470 class at the 1996 Summer Olympics with Alicia Kinoshita.[http://www.joc.or.jp/past_games/sydney/member/sailing/shigeyumiko.html Japan Olympic Committee profile]. Retrieved 2 March 2011. {{in lang|ja}}

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.[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] {{in lang|ja}}