Kiyoko Ono

was a Japanese politician and gymnast. She competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a team bronze medal in 1964.

Early life Ono was born on 4 February 1936. Her 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.

Athletic career Ono represented Japan in gymnastics at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome and in the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo. During the latter competition, the team won the bronze, the only Olympic medal that the Japanese women's gymnastics team had won. thumb

Political career Ono won the 1986 election and became a member of the House of Councillors for the Liberal Democratic Party between 1986 and 2007.

Later life and death Ono became the first female vice president of the Japanese Olympic Committee and director of the Japan Sport Council. She worked to create the country's Toto soccer lottery.

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.