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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Tokyo, Japan | 15 November 1996|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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]
She has qualified to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5]
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - Masuda, Yoko (25 July 2012). "2012 Olympic Profile: Kanako Watanabe". Wall Street Journal.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - "O'Connor wins 200m medley bronze". BBC Sport.
- "No Additional Names Added As JASF Finalizes Host Nation's OLY Roster". SwimSwam. 10 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
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