Swammy Awards are awarded annually by the American-based swimming news website SwimSwam . Categories include Swimmer of the Year, Junior Swimmer of the Year, Open Water Swimmer of the Year, Para-Swimmer of the Year and regional, NCAA, USA Swimming age group and coaching awards.
The Swammy Awards were inaugurated in 2012.
Year | Female Winner | Nationality | Ref | Male Winner | Nationality | Ref |
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2012 | Allison Schmitt | United States | [1] | |||
2013 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | [2] | Chad le Clos | South Africa | [3] |
2014 | Katie Ledecky | United States | [4] | Chad le Clos (2) | South Africa | [5] [6] |
2015 | Katie Ledecky (2) | United States | [7] | Adam Peaty | United Kingdom | [8] |
2016 | Katie Ledecky (3) | United States | [9] | Michael Phelps | United States | [10] |
2017 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | [11] | Caeleb Dressel | United States | [12] |
2018 | Katie Ledecky (4) | United States | [13] | Kliment Kolesnikov | Russia | [14] |
2019 | Regan Smith | United States | [15] [16] | Caeleb Dressel (2) | United States | [17] |
2020 | Kaylee McKeown | Australia | [18] | Caeleb Dressel (3) | United States | [19] |
2021 | Emma McKeon | Australia | [20] | Caeleb Dressel (4) | United States | [21] |
2022 | Katie Ledecky (5) | United States | [22] | David Popovici | Romania | [23] |
2023 | Kaylee McKeown | Australia | [24] | Qin Haiyang | China | [25] |
Year | Female Winner | Nationality | Ref | Male Winner | Nationality | Ref |
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2014 | Daria Ustinova | Russia | [26] | Mack Horton | Australia | [27] [28] |
2015 | Viktoria Zeynep Gunes | Turkey | [29] | Li Zhuhao | China | [30] |
2016 | Penny Oleksiak | Canada | [31] | Kyle Chalmers | Australia | [32] |
2017 | Rikako Ikee | Japan | [33] | Kliment Kolesnikov | Russia | [34] |
2018 | Taylor Ruck | Canada | [35] | Kliment Kolesnikov (2) | Russia | [36] |
2019 | Regan Smith | United States | [16] [37] | Andrei Minakov | Russia | [38] |
2020 | Benedetta Pilato | Italy | [39] | Andrei Minakov (2) | Russia | [40] |
2021 | Lydia Jacoby | United States | [41] | Hwang Sun-woo | South Korea | [42] |
2022 | Summer McIntosh | Canada | [43] | David Popovici | Romania | [44] |
2023 | Summer McIntosh (2) | Canada | [45] | Ilya Kharun | Canada | [46] |
Year | Female Winner | Nationality | Ref | Male Winner | Nationality | Ref |
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2012 | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | [47] [48] | |||
2013 | Poliana Okimoto | Brazil | [49] | Thomas Lurz | Germany | [50] |
2014 | Sharon van Rouwendaal | Netherlands | [51] | Ferry Weertman | Netherlands | [52] [53] |
2015 | Ana Marcela Cunha | Brazil | [54] | Jordan Wilimovsky | United States | [55] |
2016 | Sharon van Rouwendaal (2) | Netherlands | [56] | Ferry Weertman (2) | Netherlands | [57] |
2017 | Ana Marcela Cunha (2) | Brazil | [58] | Ferry Weertman (3) | Netherlands | [59] |
2018 | Sharon van Rouwendaal (3) | Netherlands | [60] | Kristof Rasovszky | Hungary | [61] |
2019 | Ana Marcela Cunha (3) | Brazil | [62] | Florian Wellbrock | Germany | [63] |
2020 | Anastasia Kirpichnikova | Russia | [64] | Marc-Antoine Olivier | France | [65] |
2021 | Ana Marcela Cunha (4) | Brazil | [66] | Florian Wellbrock (2) | Germany | [67] |
2022 | Ana Marcela Cunha (5) | Brazil | [68] | Gregorio Paltrinieri | Italy | [69] |
2023 | Leonie Beck | Germany | [70] | Florian Wellbrock (3) | Germany | [71] |
The Paralympic swimmer of the year award ran from 2014 to 2016.
Year | Female Winner | Nationality | Ref | Male Winner | Nationality | Ref |
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2014 | Jessica Long | United States | [72] | Yevheniy Bohodayko | Ukraine | [73] |
2015 | Tiffany Thomas Kane | Australia | [74] | Ihar Boki | Belarus | [75] [76] |
2016 | Yelyzaveta Mereshko | Ukraine | [77] | Ihar Boki (2) | Belarus | [78] |
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