Takashi Ono (gymnast)

Takashi Ono is a retired Japanese gymnast who competed at the 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won five gold, four silver and four bronze medals, making him the most decorated Japanese athlete and the fourth most decorated gymnast in Olympic history by total medals. He made his debut at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki with a bronze in the vault, and in 1956 in Melbourne he became the first Japanese gymnast to win an individual Olympic gold medal, on the horizontal bar. The 1960 Games in Rome were his most successful, with six medals including gold on the horizontal bar, a shared gold on the vault and gold in the team event, the first of five consecutive Olympic team golds for Japan. He carried the Japanese flag at the 1960 Games, took the Olympic Oath at the 1964 Games and entered the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1998.