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Kanako Watanabe

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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. Her swimming coach is Ryuji Omi. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Kanako Watanabe is the 778th most popular swimmer (down from 698th in 2024), the 5,637th most popular biography from Japan (down from 4,878th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Japanese Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Kanako Watanabe ranks 778 out of 709. Before her are Simone Manuel, Marco Orsi, Wang Qianyi, Alina Shynkarenko, Kara Lynn Joyce, and Wang Na. After her are Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace, Haruka Ueda, Ajna Késely, Erik Vendt, Christian Sprenger, and Gao Chang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1996, Kanako Watanabe ranks 968. Before her are Erica Cipressa, Mateo García, Kévin N'Doram, Wataru Sasaki, Luke Hemmings, and Jorge Sáenz. After her are Filip Manojlović, Alexandra Manly, Daiki Miya, Nataliya Buksa, Ramaz Zoidze, and Julio Mayora.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kanako Watanabe ranks 5,650 out of 6,245. Before her are Kanon Suzuki (1998), Takanori Maeno (1988), Kempei Usui (1987), Yuta Narawa (1987), Takuma Ito (1986), and Shingo Kukita (1988). After her are Daigo Araki (1994), Ryo Takahashi (1993), Riku Danzaki (2000), Kohei Doi (1988), Daiki Miya (1996), and Kazushige Kuboki (1989).

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Among SWIMMERS In Japan

Among swimmers born in Japan, Kanako Watanabe ranks 41. Before her are Yasuko Tajima (1981), Jay Litherland (1995), Masato Sakai (1995), Rikako Ikee (2000), Junya Koga (1987), and Yasuhiro Koseki (1992). After her are Haruka Ueda (1988), Aika Hakoyama (1991), Ryo Tateishi (1989), Kei Marumo (1992), Yuka Kato (1986), and Shinri Shioura (1991).

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