is a Japanese competitive

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

who specializes in the

breaststroke Breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and that it can be s ...

. She competed in the

2012 London Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

at the age of 15 for the 200m Women's Breaststroke event. She again competed in the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

in Rio De Janeiro. Kazan 2015 - Watanabe 200m breast final

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 The 16th FINA World Aquatics Championships, FINA World Championships (russian: Чемпионат мира по водным видам спорта 2015), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia host ...

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, 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. She has qualified to represent Japan at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

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1996 births Living people Japanese female freestyle swimmers Japanese female breaststroke swimmers Japanese female medley swimmers Olympic swimmers of Japan Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Tokyo Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) People from Arakawa, Tokyo World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Asian Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2014 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2018 Asian Games Universiade medalists in swimming Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Universiade gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-swimming-bio-stub