Keiko Ikeda

Japanese: 池田敬子 - いけだけいこ

1933－ A gymnastics athlete and coach from the late Showa to Heisei era.
Born on November 11, 1933. Won first place on the balance beam at the 1954 World Championships. Placed fourth in the floor exercise at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Placed sixth in the individual all-around at the 1960 Rome Olympics. At the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, he was the driving force behind the team's bronze medal win, and continued to place sixth in the individual all-around. He later coached the next generation of athletes, and in 1977 became a professor at his alma mater, Nippon Sport Science University. In 1997, he became vice president of the Japan Gymnastics Association. He is from Hiroshima Prefecture. His maiden name is Tanaka.

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Japanese:

1933－　昭和後期-平成時代の体操選手,指導者。
昭和8年11月11日生まれ。昭和29年世界選手権で平均台に優勝。31年メルボルン五輪の床運動で4位。35年ローマ五輪で個人総合6位。39年東京五輪では団体銅メダル獲得の原動力となり,個人総合連続6位。のち後進の指導にあたり,52年母校日本体育大の教授。平成9年日本体操協会副会長。広島県出身。旧姓は田中。

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