is a Japanese
sailor
A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship.
The profession of the s ...
. Her mother is Danish, and her father is Japanese. She won a silver medal in the
470
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Year 470 ( CDLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Severus and Iordanes (or, less frequently, year 1223 '' ...
class at the
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
with
Yumiko Shige
was a Japanese sailor. She won a silver medal in the 470 class at the 1996 Summer Olympics with Alicia Kinoshita.
Shige instructed other sailors in a yacht harbour local to her residence.
Shige died of breast cancer
Breast cancer i ...
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1967 births
Living people
Japanese female sailors (sport)
Japanese people of Danish descent
Olympic sailors of Japan
Olympic silver medalists for Japan
Olympic medalists in sailing
Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – 470
Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – 470
Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – 470
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Ferris University alumni
20th-century Japanese women
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