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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Ryan Lochte, inaugural and three-time winner of the World Aquatics Male Swimmer of the Year honour.
Year Female winner Nationality Male winner Nationality Ref
2010 Therese Alshammar  Sweden Ryan Lochte  United States
2011 Missy Franklin  United States Ryan Lochte (2)  United States
2012 Missy Franklin (2)  United States Michael Phelps  United States
2013 Katie Ledecky  United States Ryan Lochte (3)  United States
2014 Katinka Hosszú  Hungary Chad le Clos  South Africa
2015 Katinka Hosszú (2)  Hungary Mitch Larkin  Australia
2016 Katinka Hosszú (3)  Hungary Michael Phelps (2)  United States
2017 Sarah Sjöström  Sweden Caeleb Dressel  United States
2018 Katinka Hosszú (4)  Hungary Chad le Clos (2)  South Africa
2019 Sarah Sjöström (2)  Sweden Caeleb Dressel (2)  United States
2021 Emma McKeon  Australia Caeleb Dressel (3)  United States
2022 Katie Ledecky (2)  United States David Popovici  Romania
2023 Kaylee McKeown  Australia Qin Haiyang  China [1]
2024 Summer McIntosh  Canada Léon Marchand  France [2]

Best swimming performance

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Year Female winner Nationality Male winner Nationality
2015 Katie Ledecky  United States Adam Peaty  United Kingdom
2016 Katie Ledecky (2)  United States Adam Peaty (2)  United Kingdom

Water polo

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Serbia men's national water polo team
Year Female winner Nationality Male winner Nationality
2009 Elizabeth Armstrong  United States Filip Filipović  Serbia
2010 Vanja Udovičić  Serbia
2011 Alexandra Asimaki  Greece Filip Filipović  Serbia
2012 Maggie Steffens  United States Josip Pavić  Croatia
2013 Jennifer Pareja  Spain Dénes Varga  Hungary
2014 Maggie Steffens  United States Filip Filipović  Serbia
Year Female team winner Male team winner
2015  United States  Serbia
2016  United States (2)  Serbia (2)
2017  United States (3)  Croatia
2018  United States (4)  Hungary
2019  United States (5) |- Francesco Di Fulvio  Italy
2020 Dušan Mandić  Serbia
2021 Maggie Steffens  United States Filip Filipović  Serbia
2022 Felipe Perrone  Spain
2023 Maddie Musselman Gergő Zalánki  Hungary

Diving

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Year Female winner Nationality Male winner Nationality
2010 Chen Ruolin  China Patrick Hausding  Germany
2011 Wu Minxia  China Qiu Bo  China
2012 Wu Minxia (2)  China Ilya Zakharov  Russia
2013 He Zi  China He Chong  China
2014 Liu Huixia  China Cao Yuan  China
2015 Shi Tingmao  China He Chao  China
2016 Shi Tingmao (2)  China Chen Aisen  China
2017 Shi Tingmao (3)  China Thomas Daley  United Kingdom
2018 Shi Tingmao (4)  China Cao Yuan (2)  China
2019 Shi Tingmao (5)  China Xie Siyi  China
2021 Shi Tingmao (6)  China Xie Siyi (2)  China
2022 Chen Yiwen  China Wang Zongyuan  China
2023 Chen Yiwen (2)  China Cassiel Rousseau  Australia

High diving

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Year Female winner Nationality Male winner Nationality
2013 Cesilie Carlton  United States Orlando Duque  Colombia
2014 Rachelle Simpson  United States Orlando Duque (2)  Colombia
2015 Rachelle Simpson (2)  United States Gary Hunt  United Kingdom
2016 Lysanne Richard  Canada Gary Hunt (2)  United Kingdom
2017 Rhiannan Iffland  Australia Steven LoBue  United States
2018 Rhiannan Iffland (2)  Australia Gary Hunt (3)  United Kingdom
2019 Rhiannan Iffland (3)  Australia Gary Hunt (4)  United Kingdom
2021 Ellie Smart  United States Owen Weymouth  United Kingdom
2022 Rhiannan Iffland (4)  Australia Aidan Heslop  United Kingdom

Artistic swimming

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Year Winner Nationality
2010 Natalia Ishchenko  Russia
2011 Natalia Ishchenko (2)
Svetlana Romashina
 Russia
 Russia
2012 Natalia Ishchenko (3)  Russia
2013 Svetlana Romashina (2)  Russia
2014 Huang Xuechen  China
Year Female winner Nationality Male winner Nationality
2015 Svetlana Romashina (3)  Russia Aleksandr Maltsev
Bill May
 Russia
 United States
2016 Natalia Ishchenko (4)
Svetlana Romashina (4)
 Russia
 Russia
2017 Svetlana Kolesnichenko  Russia Giorgio Minisini
Aleksandr Maltsev (2)
 Italy
 Russia
2018 Yelyzaveta Yakhno  Ukraine Giorgio Minisini (2)  Italy
2019 Svetlana Romashina (5)
Svetlana Kolesnichenko (2)
 Russia
 Russia
Aleksandr Maltsev (3)  Russia
2021 Svetlana Romashina (6)
Svetlana Kolesnichenko (3)
 Russia
 Russia
Aleksandr Maltsev (4)  Russia
2022 Yukiko Inui  Japan Giorgio Minisini (3)  Italy

Open water swimming

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Year Female winner Nationality Male winner Nationality
2010 Ana Marcela Cunha  Brazil Valerio Cleri  Italy
2011 Keri-Anne Payne  United Kingdom Thomas Lurz  Germany
2012 Éva Risztov  Hungary Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia
2013 Poliana Okimoto  Brazil Thomas Lurz (2)  Germany
2014 Ana Marcela Cunha (2)  Brazil Allan do Carmo  Brazil
2015 Ana Marcela Cunha (3)  Brazil Jordan Wilimovsky  United States
2016 Sharon van Rouwendaal  Netherlands Ferry Weertman  Netherlands
2017 Ana Marcela Cunha (4)  Brazil Marc-Antoine Olivier  France
2018 Ana Marcela Cunha (5)  Brazil Ferry Weertman (2)  Netherlands
2019 Ana Marcela Cunha (6)  Brazil Kristóf Rasovszky  Hungary
2021 Ana Marcela Cunha (7)  Brazil Florian Wellbrock  Germany
2022 Ana Marcela Cunha (8)  Brazil Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Qin, McKeown named best swimmers of year by World Aquatics". The Straits Times. 2023-10-24. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  2. ^ "Léon Marchand and Summer McIntosh crowned World Aquatics Athletes of the Year". World Aquatics. December 15, 2024. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
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