Takashi Ono (gymnast)

Takashi Ono (小野 喬, Ono Takashi, born July 26, 1931) is a retired Japanese gymnast. He competed at the 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won five gold, four silver and four bronze medals.[1] Ono was the flag bearer for Japan at the 1960 Olympics, and took the Olympic Oath at the 1964 Games.[2] In 1998 he was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.[3]

This article is about the Japanese gymnast. For the Japanese judoka, see Takashi Ono (judoka). For the mathematician, see Takashi Ono (mathematician).
Takashi Ono
Takashi Ono at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Country represented Japan
Born (1931-07-26) July 26, 1931
Noshiro, Akita, Japan[1]
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics

Family

In 1958 he married Kiyoko 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.[4][5]

See also

References
  1. Takashi Ono. sports-reference.com
  2. IOC 1964 Summer Olympics. olympic.org
  3. "TAKASHI ONO". International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
  4. 第1章　体操との出会い. Japanese Olympic Committee (interview in Japanese)
  5. 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.
Records
Preceded by
Edoardo Mangiarotti		 Most career Olympic medals by a man
1964 – 1964		 Succeeded by
Boris Shakhlin


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