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Full name
  
Kanako Watanabe

Name
  
Kanako Watanabe

National team
  
Role
  
Swimmer


Sport
  
Height
  
1.66 m

Strokes
  
Weight
  
54 kg

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Born
  
15 November 1996 (age 27) (
1996-11-15
)
Tokyo, Japan

Parents
  
Keiji Watanabe, Emiko Watanabe

Similar People
  
Daiya Seto, Natsumi Hoshi, Miki Uchida

Profiles

Kanako Watanabe | Interview (200m Breaststroke) | 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships Doha


Kanako Watanabe: winner of Women's 200m Breaststroke in Kazan (RUS)


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.

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Kanako Watanabe Japanese teen Kanako Watanabe wins world breaststroke gold

Her swimming coach is Ryuji Omi. She is the daughter of Keiji and Emiko Watanabe.

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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.

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Kanako Watanabe Kanako Watanabe Pictures Japan Open Swimming Zimbio

Kanako Watanabe Kanako Watanabe 2014 Pictures Photos amp Images Zimbio

References

Kanako Watanabe Wikipedia