Kanako Watanabe
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Full name | Kanako Watanabe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1996-11-15) 15 November 1996 (age 27) 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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
- ^ a b "Kanako Watanabe - Swimming - Olympic Athlete | London 2012". Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ Masuda, Yoko (25 July 2012). "2012 Olympic Profile: Kanako Watanabe". Wall Street Journal.
- ^ "【水泳】メダルの可能性十分。15歳・渡部香生子、進化の秘密|集英社のスポーツ総合雑誌 スポルティーバ 公式サイト web Sportiva|Other". Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ "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.
External links
- Kanako Watanabe at World Aquatics
- Kanako Watanabe at Swimrankings.net
- Kanako Watanabe at Olympedia
- Kanako Watanabe at Olympics.com
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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 |
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- 1973: Renate Vogel (GDR)
- 1975: Hannelore Anke (GDR)
- 1978: Lina Kačiušytė (URS)
- 1982: Svetlana Varganova (URS)
- 1986: Silke Hörner (GDR)
- 1991: Yelena Volkova (URS)
- 1994: Samantha Riley (AUS)
- 1998: Ágnes Kovács (HUN)
- 2001: Ágnes Kovács (HUN)
- 2003: Amanda Beard (USA)
- 2005: Leisel Jones (AUS)
- 2007: Leisel Jones (AUS)
- 2009: Nađa Higl (SRB)
- 2011: Rebecca Soni (USA)
- 2013: Yuliya Yefimova (RUS)
- 2015: Kanako Watanabe (JPN)
- 2017: Yuliya Yefimova (RUS)
- 2019: Yuliya Yefimova (RUS)
- 2022: Lilly King (USA)
- 2023: Tatjana Schoenmaker (RSA)
- 2024: Tes Schouten (NED)
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