*anese politician and gymnast

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

Kiyoko Ono in the 1964 Olympics

Contents

• 1 Political career
• 2 Personal life and death
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Political career

Ono won the election in 1986 and was one of the members in the House of Councillors for 1986 to 2007. 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.

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. 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.

References

External links

• Kiyoko Ono at Olympics.com
• Kiyoko Ono at Olympedia