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 | ![]() |
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2011 | Missy Franklin | ![]() |
Ryan Lochte (2) | ![]() |
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2012 | Missy Franklin (2) | ![]() |
Michael Phelps | ![]() |
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2013 | Katie Ledecky | ![]() |
Ryan Lochte (3) | ![]() |
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2014 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() |
Chad le Clos | ![]() |
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2015 | Katinka Hosszú (2) | ![]() |
Mitch Larkin | ![]() |
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2016 | Katinka Hosszú (3) | ![]() |
Michael Phelps (2) | ![]() |
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2017 | Sarah Sjöström | ![]() |
Caeleb Dressel | ![]() |
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2018 | Katinka Hosszú (4) | ![]() |
Chad le Clos (2) | ![]() |
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2019 | Sarah Sjöström (2) | ![]() |
Caeleb Dressel (2) | ![]() |
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2021 | Emma McKeon | ![]() |
Caeleb Dressel (3) | ![]() |
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2022 | Katie Ledecky (2) | ![]() |
David Popovici | ![]() |
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2023 | Kaylee McKeown | ![]() |
Qin Haiyang | ![]() |
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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 |
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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 | ![]() |
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2016 | ![]() |
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2017 | ![]() |
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2018 | ![]() |
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2019 | ![]() |
Francesco Di Fulvio | ![]() | |
2020 | Dušan Mandić | ![]() | ||
2021 | Maggie Steffens | ![]() |
Filip Filipović | ![]() |
2022 | Felipe Perrone | ![]() | ||
2023 | Maddie Musselman | Gergő Zalánki | ![]() |
Diving
Year | Female winner | Nationality | Male winner | Nationality |
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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 |
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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 |
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2010 | Natalia Ishchenko | ![]() |
2011 | Natalia Ishchenko (2) Svetlana Romashina |
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2012 | Natalia Ishchenko (3) | ![]() |
2013 | Svetlana Romashina (2) | ![]() |
2014 | Huang Xuechen | ![]() |
Year | Female winner | Nationality | Male winner | Nationality |
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2015 | Svetlana Romashina (3) | ![]() |
Aleksandr Maltsev Bill May |
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2016 | Natalia Ishchenko (4) Svetlana Romashina (4) |
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2017 | Svetlana Kolesnichenko | ![]() |
Giorgio Minisini Aleksandr Maltsev (2) |
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2018 | Yelyzaveta Yakhno | ![]() |
Giorgio Minisini (2) | ![]() |
2019 | Svetlana Romashina (5) Svetlana Kolesnichenko (2) |
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Aleksandr Maltsev (3) | ![]() |
2021 | Svetlana Romashina (6) Svetlana Kolesnichenko (3) |
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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.