Kanako Watanabe
Kanako Watanabe (渡部 香生子, Watanabe Kanako, born 15 November 1996) is a Japanese competitive swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke. She competed in the 2012 London Olympics at the age of 15 for the 200m Women's Breaststroke event. She again competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio De Janeiro.[2][3]
Kazan 2015
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| Full name | Kanako Watanabe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 November 1996 Tokyo, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 54 kg (119 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke, medley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Her swimming coach is Ryuji Omi. She is the daughter of Keiji and Emiko Watanabe.
Watanabe won the silver medal in the 200m medley at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia. She also won a gold medal in the 200 metres breaststroke, and she gave the gold medal to her coach, in a gesture of gratitude to him.[4]
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- https://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2012/07/25/2012-olympic-profile-kanako-watanabe/
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/swimming/33764732
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| Preceded by Rozaliya Nasretdinova, Dmitry Ermakov, Artem Lobuzov, Maria Reznikova |
Mixed 4 × 50 metres freestyle relay world record-holder 18 October 2013 – 21 October 2013 With: Shinri Shioura, Sayaka Akase, Kenta Ito |
Succeeded by Florent Manaudou, Jérémy Stravius, Mélanie Henique, Anna Santamans |
Asian Games champions in women's 200 m breaststroke | |
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