Kenji Watanabe
Kenji Watanabe (渡辺 健司, Watanabe Kenji, July 17, 1969 – September 18, 2017) was a Japanese breaststroke swimmer. He represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. His best Olympic result was the 7th place (2:14.70) in the Men's 200m Breaststroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in 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
- 1969 births
- 2017 deaths
- Olympic swimmers for Japan
- Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games medalists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 1986 Asian Games
- Swimmers at the 1990 Asian Games
- Japanese male breaststroke swimmers
- Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
- Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games
- 20th-century Japanese people
- Japanese swimming biography stubs