Kenji Watanabe
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| Born | July 17, 1969 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | September 18, 2017 (aged 48) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kenji Watanabe (渡辺 健司, Watanabe Kenji, July 17, 1969 – September 18, 2017) was a Japanese
Barcelona, Spain. He was the grandson of Hisakichi Toyoda, who won a gold medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle in the 1932 Summer Olympics
.
At the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul, Watanabe won the gold medal in the 200m breaststroke and the bronze medal in the 100m breaststroke.
Watanabe again won gold in the 200m breaststroke at the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing. He also won silver medals in the 100m breaststroke and the 4 × 100 m medley relay.
Watanabe died at his home on September 18, 2017. He was 48 years old.[1]
References
External links
- Kenji Watanabe at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Kenji Watanabe at Olympics.com
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