(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]
Sport
Sport
Swimming
Strokes
Breaststroke, medley
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Japan
World Championships (LC)
2015 Kazan
200 m breaststroke
2015 Kazan
200 m medley
World Championships (SC)
2014 Doha
200 m breaststroke
2012 Istanbul
200 m breaststroke
2014 Doha
4×100 m medley
Pan Pacific Championships
2014 Gold Coast
200 m breaststroke
2014 Gold Coast
100 m breaststroke
Asian Games
2014 Incheon
200 m breaststroke
2014 Incheon
4×100 m medley
2018 Jakarta
200 m breaststroke
2014 Incheon
100 m breaststroke
2014 Incheon
200 m medley
2014 Incheon
4×100 m freestyle
Summer Universiade
2017 Taipei
100 m breaststroke
2017 Taipei
200 m breaststroke
2017 Taipei
4×100 m medley
2019 Naples
4×100 m freestyle
2019 Naples
100 m breaststroke
2019 Naples
200 m breaststroke
World Junior Championships
2011 Lima
200 m breaststroke
2011 Lima
4×100 m medley
2011 Lima
100 m breaststroke
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
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]
^ ab"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.
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