Kiyoko Ono

Kiyoko Ono
Kiyoko Ono at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Country represented  Japan
Born (1936-02-04) February 4, 1936
Iwanuma, Miyagi, Japan
Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight 60 kg (130 lb)
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
1964 Tokyo Team
World Championships
1962 PragueTeam

Kiyoko Ono (小野 清子, Ono Kiyoko, born February 4, 1936) is a retired Japanese politician and gymnast. She competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a team bronze medal in 1964.[1]

Politician

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 is affiliated to the openly revisionist organization Nippon Kaigi.[2]

Family

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]

References

  1. 1 2 Kiyoko Ono. sports-reference.com
  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.


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