Kanako Kitao
Japanese-American synchronized swimmer
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Kanako Spendlove (スペンドラブ 佳奈子, Spendlove Kanako; née Kitao (北尾), born 6 February 1982) is a Japanese-American synchronized swimmer who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics for Japan, and won a silver medal.[1]
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| Born | February 6, 1982 Kyoto, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Synchronised swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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After the 2004 Summer Olympics, Spendlove performed for Cirque du Soleil[2] and she renounced her Japanese citizenship in December 2015.[3] During this time, she found her own fashion brand, Perolagua.[4]
Spendlove is continuing synchro-swimming in mixed duet, partnering with Bill May[3] since 2016.[5] The pair met on their respective first national team outings in 1996.[6] Together, they won the bronze medals in the mixed duet free routine and the mixed duet technical routine at the 2017 Synchronized Swimming World Championships.
