Keiko Ikeda

Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda (田中-池田 敬子, born Keiko Tanaka; November 11, 1933 – May 13, 2023), is a Japanese amateur athlete, coach, university professor and sports administrator.  She is best known as a gymnast who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics, in the 1960 Summer Olympics, and in the 1964 Summer Olympics.Sports Reference.com (SR/Olympics), "Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda" ; retrieved 2012-7-19.

She won a gold medal on the balance beam at the 1954 World Gymnastics Championships.  She is the only Japanese woman to win a gold medal in this international competition.International Gymnastics Hall of Fame, Keiko Ikeda; retrieved 2012-7-19.
Tanaka-Ikeda died from brain cancer at a nursing home in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, on May 13, 2023, at the age of 89.
History
Timeline
 1954: World Championships Gold Medal, balance beam
 1958: World Championships Bronze Medal, balance beam and floor exercise
 1962: World Championships Bronze Medal, balance Beam and team
 1964: Olympic Games Bronze Medal, team
 1966: World Championships Silver Medal, uneven bars; and Bronze Medal, all-around and team

Honors
 International Gymnastics Hall of Fame, 2002

Related pages
 Sports in Japan
 Japan at the Olympics

References

Category:1933 births
Category:2023 deaths
Category:1956 Summer Olympics
Category:Competitors at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Category:Japanese gymnasts
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Japan
Category:Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Hiroshima Prefecture
Category:Sports executives and administrators