World Aquatics Athletes of the Year
The World Aquatics Athletes of the Year (formerly FINA Athletes of the Year) is a set of awards presented by World Aquatics (International Swimming Federation) and the FINA Aquatics World Magazine. Each recognises excellence in five categories of aquatic sports: swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo and open water swimming. The award was inaugurated in 2010.
Swimming
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Year | Female winner | Nationality | Male winner | Nationality | Ref |
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2010 | Therese Alshammar | ![]() | Ryan Lochte | ![]() | |
2011 | Missy Franklin | ![]() | Ryan Lochte (2) | ![]() | |
2012 | Missy Franklin (2) | ![]() | Michael Phelps | ![]() | |
2013 | Katie Ledecky | ![]() | Ryan Lochte (3) | ![]() | |
2014 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | Chad le Clos | ![]() | |
2015 | Katinka Hosszú (2) | ![]() | Mitch Larkin | ![]() | |
2016 | Katinka Hosszú (3) | ![]() | Michael Phelps (2) | ![]() | |
2017 | Sarah Sjöström | ![]() | Caeleb Dressel | ![]() | |
2018 | Katinka Hosszú (4) | ![]() | Chad le Clos (2) | ![]() | |
2019 | Sarah Sjöström (2) | ![]() | Caeleb Dressel (2) | ![]() | |
2021 | Emma McKeon | ![]() | Caeleb Dressel (3) | ![]() | |
2022 | Katie Ledecky (2) | ![]() | David Popovici | ![]() | |
2023 | Kaylee McKeown | ![]() | Qin Haiyang | ![]() | [1] |
Best swimming performance
Year | Female winner | Nationality | Male winner | Nationality |
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2015 | Katie Ledecky | ![]() | Adam Peaty | ![]() |
2016 | Katie Ledecky (2) | ![]() | Adam Peaty (2) | ![]() |
Water polo
Year | Female winner | Nationality | Male winner | Nationality |
---|---|---|---|---|
2009 | Elizabeth Armstrong | ![]() | Filip Filipović | ![]() |
2010 | Vanja Udovičić | ![]() | ||
2011 | Alexandra Asimaki | ![]() | Filip Filipović | ![]() |
2012 | Maggie Steffens | ![]() | Josip Pavić | ![]() |
2013 | Jennifer Pareja | ![]() | Dénes Varga | ![]() |
2014 | Maggie Steffens | ![]() | Filip Filipović | ![]() |
Year | Female team winner | Male team winner | ||
2015 | ![]() | ![]() | ||
2016 | ![]() | ![]() | ||
2017 | ![]() | ![]() | ||
2018 | ![]() | ![]() | ||
2019 | ![]() | Francesco Di Fulvio | ![]() | |
2021 | Maggie Steffens | ![]() | Filip Filipović & Dusan Mandic | ![]() |
2022 | Felipe Perrone | ![]() | ||
2023 | Maddie Musselman | Gergő Zalánki | ![]() |
Diving
Year | Female winner | Nationality | Male winner | Nationality |
---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | Chen Ruolin | ![]() | Patrick Hausding | ![]() |
2011 | Wu Minxia | ![]() | Qiu Bo | ![]() |
2012 | Wu Minxia (2) | ![]() | Ilya Zakharov | ![]() |
2013 | He Zi | ![]() | He Chong | ![]() |
2014 | Liu Huixia | ![]() | Cao Yuan | ![]() |
2015 | Shi Tingmao | ![]() | He Chao | ![]() |
2016 | Shi Tingmao (2) | ![]() | Chen Aisen | ![]() |
2017 | Shi Tingmao (3) | ![]() | Thomas Daley | ![]() |
2018 | Shi Tingmao (4) | ![]() | Cao Yuan (2) | ![]() |
2019 | Shi Tingmao (5) | ![]() | Xie Siyi | ![]() |
2021 | Shi Tingmao (6) | ![]() | Xie Siyi (2) | ![]() |
2022 | Chen Yuxi | ![]() | Wang Zongyuan | ![]() |
High diving
Year | Female winner | Nationality | Male winner | Nationality |
---|---|---|---|---|
2013 | Cesilie Carlton | ![]() | Orlando Duque | ![]() |
2014 | Rachelle Simpson | ![]() | Orlando Duque (2) | ![]() |
2015 | Rachelle Simpson (2) | ![]() | Gary Hunt | ![]() |
2016 | Lysanne Richard | ![]() | Gary Hunt (2) | ![]() |
2017 | Rhiannan Iffland | ![]() | Steven LoBue | ![]() |
2018 | Rhiannan Iffland (2) | ![]() | Gary Hunt (3) | ![]() |
2019 | Rhiannan Iffland (3) | ![]() | Gary Hunt (4) | ![]() |
2021 | Ellie Smart | ![]() | Owen Weymouth | ![]() |
2022 | Rhiannan Iffland (4) | ![]() | Aidan Heslop | ![]() |
Artistic swimming
Year | Winner | Nationality |
---|---|---|
2010 | Natalia Ishchenko | ![]() |
2011 | Natalia Ishchenko (2) Svetlana Romashina | ![]() ![]() |
2012 | Natalia Ishchenko (3) | ![]() |
2013 | Svetlana Romashina (2) | ![]() |
2014 | Huang Xuechen | ![]() |
Year | Female winner | Nationality | Male winner | Nationality |
---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | Svetlana Romashina (3) | ![]() | Aleksandr Maltsev Bill May | ![]() ![]() |
2016 | Natalia Ishchenko (4) Svetlana Romashina (4) | ![]() ![]() | ||
2017 | Svetlana Kolesnichenko | ![]() | Giorgio Minisini Aleksandr Maltsev (2) | ![]() ![]() |
2018 | Yelyzaveta Yakhno | ![]() | Giorgio Minisini (2) | ![]() |
2019 | Svetlana Romashina (5) Svetlana Kolesnichenko (2) | ![]() ![]() | Aleksandr Maltsev (3) | ![]() |
2021 | Svetlana Romashina (6) Svetlana Kolesnichenko (3) | ![]() ![]() | Aleksandr Maltsev (4) | ![]() |
2022 | Yukiko Inui | ![]() | Giorgio Minisini (3) | ![]() |
Open water swimming
Year | Female winner | Nationality | Male winner | Nationality |
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2010 | Ana Marcela Cunha | ![]() | Valerio Cleri | ![]() |
2011 | Keri-Anne Payne | ![]() | Thomas Lurz | ![]() |
2012 | Éva Risztov | ![]() | Oussama Mellouli | ![]() |
2013 | Poliana Okimoto | ![]() | Thomas Lurz (2) | ![]() |
2014 | Ana Marcela Cunha (2) | ![]() | Allan do Carmo | ![]() |
2015 | Ana Marcela Cunha (3) | ![]() | Jordan Wilimovsky | ![]() |
2016 | Sharon van Rouwendaal | ![]() | Ferry Weertman | ![]() |
2017 | Ana Marcela Cunha (4) | ![]() | Marc-Antoine Olivier | ![]() |
2018 | Ana Marcela Cunha (5) | ![]() | Ferry Weertman (2) | ![]() |
2019 | Ana Marcela Cunha (6) | ![]() | Kristóf Rasovszky | ![]() |
2021 | Ana Marcela Cunha (7) | ![]() | Florian Wellbrock | ![]() |
2022 | Ana Marcela Cunha (8) | ![]() | Gregorio Paltrinieri | ![]() |
See also
References
- ^ "Qin, McKeown named best swimmers of year by World Aquatics". The Straits Times. 2023-10-24. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
External links
- FINA Elects the Best in 2010 from Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA); retrieved 2011-12-10.
- FINA selected this year's best in the five disciplines (2011) from Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA); retrieved 2011-12-10.
- PR 1 - ATHLETES OF THE YEAR 2012 from Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA); retrieved 2013-01-04.
- ATHLETES OF THE YEAR 2013 from Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA); retrieved 2014-01-06.
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World Aquatics
- Swimming
- Diving
- High diving
- Open water swimming
- Synchronized swimming
- Water polo
- George Hearn (1908–1924)
- Erik Bergvall (1924–1928)
- Émile-Georges Drigny (1928–1932)
- Walther Binner (1932–1936)
- Harold Fern (1936–1948 )
- Rene de Raeve (1948–1952)
- M.L. Negri (1952–1956)
- Jan de Vries (1956–1960)
- Max Ritter (1960–1964)
- William Berge Phillips (1964–1968)
- Javier Ostos Mora (1968–1972)
- Harold Henning (1972–1976)
- Javier Ostos Mora (1976–1980, 2nd term)
- Ante Lambaša (1980–1984)
- Robert Helmick (1984–1988)
- Mustapha Larfaoui (1988–2009)
- Julio Maglione (2009–2021)
- Husain Al-Musallam (2021–present)
associations
- World Aquatics Championships
- World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m)
- World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships
- World Aquatics Athletes of the Year