Medal record | ||
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Women's synchronized swimming | ||
Representing Japan | ||
Olympic Games | ||
2004 Athens | Team | |
Representing United States | ||
World Championships | ||
2017 Budapest | Mixed duet free | |
2017 Budapest | Mixed duet technical routine |
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]
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.