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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name =
| nickname =
| image = Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda 1964.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda at the 1964 Olympics
| birth_date = {{birth date|1933|11|11}} 
| birth_place = [[Mihara, Hiroshima]], [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|05|13|1933|11|11}}  
| death_place = 
| height = 1.54 m
| weight = 54 kg
| sport = Artistic gymnastics
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| show-medals    = yes
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalCountry | {{JPN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]] | [[Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|[[1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1954 Rome]]|Balance beam}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1966 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1966 Dortmund]]|Uneven bars}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1958 Moscow]]|Balance beam}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1958 Moscow]]|Floor}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1962 Prague]]|Balance beam}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1962 Prague]]|Team}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1966 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1966 Dortmund]]|All-around}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1966 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1966 Dortmund]]|Team}}
}}
'''Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda''' (田中-池田 敬子, born '''Keiko Tanaka'''; November 11, 1933 – May 13, 2023), is a [[Japan]]ese amateur [[Sportsperson|athlete]], coach, university professor and sports administrator.  She is best known as a [[Gymnastics|gymnast]] who competed in the [[1956 Summer Olympics]], in the [[1960 Summer Olympics]], and in the [[1964 Summer Olympics]].<ref>Sports Reference.com (SR/Olympics), [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/keiko-tanaka-ikeda-1.html "Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417211247/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/keiko-tanaka-ikeda-1.html |date=2020-04-17 }}; retrieved 2012-7-19.</ref>

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.<ref name="fame">International Gymnastics Hall of Fame, [http://www.ighof.com/honorees/2002_Keiko_Ikeda.php Keiko Ikeda]; retrieved 2012-7-19.</ref>
Tanaka-Ikeda died from [[brain cancer]] at a nursing home in [[Kawasaki, Kanagawa]], on May 13, 2023, at the age of 89.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/sports/etc/20230513-OYT1T50208/|title=「日本体操史上最も活躍の女子選手」池田敬子さん死去、89歳…世界選手権で初の金 |newspaper=讀賣新聞ONLINE|agency=読売新聞社|date=2023-05-13|accessdate=2023-05-13}}</ref>
==History==
===Timeline===
* '''1954''': World Championships Gold Medal, balance beam<ref name="fame"/>
* '''1958''': World Championships Bronze Medal, balance beam and floor exercise<ref name="fame"/>
* '''1962''': World Championships Bronze Medal, balance Beam and team<ref name="fame"/>
* '''1964''': Olympic Games Bronze Medal, team<ref name="fame"/>
* '''1966''': World Championships Silver Medal, uneven bars;<ref name="fame"/> and Bronze Medal, all-around and team<ref name="fame"/>

==Honors==
* International Gymnastics Hall of Fame, 2002<ref name="fame"/>

==Related pages==
* [[Sports in Japan]]
* [[Japan at the Olympics]]

==References==
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