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 __NOTOC__ 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 {{Japan-yachtracing-bio-stub