Kiyoko Ono

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Kiyoko Ono
Kiyoko Ono 2003.jpg
Personal information
Country represented Japan
Born(1936-02-04)4 February 1936
Iwanuma, Miyagi, Japan
Died13 March 2021(2021-03-13) (aged 85)
Tokyo, Japan
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
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Medal record
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Tokyo Team
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1962 Prague Team

Kiyoko Ono (小野 清子, Ono Kiyoko, 4 February 1936 – 13 March 2021) was a Japanese politician and gymnast. She competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a team bronze medal in 1964.[1]

Kiyoko Ono in the 1964 Olympics

Political career[]

Ono won the election in 1986 and was one of the members in the House of Councillors for 1986 to 2007.[1] While Ono occupied the seat she once served as a Minister of State (a chairman of National Safety Commission).

Ono was affiliated with the openly revisionist organization Nippon Kaigi.[2][better source needed]

Personal life and death[]

Ono's father died when she was three months old. In 1958, she graduated from the Tokyo University of Education and married Takashi Ono, a fellow Olympic gymnast. They have two sons and three daughters; the first two children were born between 1961 and 1963 while both parents were actively competing.[3][4] On 13 March 2021 Ono died suddenly of complications from COVID-19 at the age of 85 while she was hospitalized for a bone fracture.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kiyoko Ono". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  2. ^ Nippon Kaigi website
  3. ^ 第1章　体操との出会い. Japanese Olympic Committee (interview in Japanese)
  4. ^ 読売新聞大阪本社運動部 (1996). ザ・ヒーロー戦後スポーツの40人 (in Japanese). 読売新聞. ISBN 4-643-96076-0.
  5. ^ "死去の小野清子さん、骨折入院中にコロナ感染し急変" [Kiyoko Ono, who died, suffered a sudden change due to COVID-19 infection while hospitalized for a fracture]. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 18 March 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

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