World Aquatics Athletes of the Year

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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.

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Swimming

Ryan Lochte, inaugural and three-time winner of the World Aquatics Male Swimmer of the Year honour. Ryan Lochte at 2013 Zajac.jpg
Ryan Lochte, inaugural and three-time winner of the World Aquatics Male Swimmer of the Year honour.
YearFemale winnerNationalityMale winnerNationalityRef
2010 Therese Alshammar Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Ryan Lochte Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
2011 Missy Franklin Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Ryan Lochte (2)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
2012 Missy Franklin (2)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Michael Phelps Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
2013 Katie Ledecky Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Ryan Lochte (3)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
2014 Katinka Hosszú Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Chad le Clos Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
2015 Katinka Hosszú (2)Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Mitch Larkin Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
2016 Katinka Hosszú (3)Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Michael Phelps (2)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
2017 Sarah Sjöström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Caeleb Dressel Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
2018 Katinka Hosszú (4)Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Chad le Clos (2)Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
2019 Sarah Sjöström (2)Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Caeleb Dressel (2)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
2021 Emma McKeon Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Caeleb Dressel (3)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
2022 Katie Ledecky (2)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States David Popovici Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
2023 Kaylee McKeown Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Qin Haiyang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China [1]
2024 Summer McIntosh Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Léon Marchand Flag of France.svg  France [2]

Best swimming performance

YearFemale winnerNationalityMale winnerNationality
2015 Katie Ledecky Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Adam Peaty Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
2016 Katie Ledecky (2)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Adam Peaty (2)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom

Water polo

Serbia men's national water polo team Kazan 2015 - Water polo - Men - Gold medal match - 215.JPG
Serbia men's national water polo team
YearFemale winnerNationalityMale winnerNationality
2009 Elizabeth Armstrong Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Filip Filipović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
2010 Vanja Udovičić Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
2011 Alexandra Asimaki Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Filip Filipović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
2012 Maggie Steffens Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Josip Pavić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
2013 Jennifer Pareja Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Dénes Varga Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
2014Maggie Steffens (2)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Filip Filipović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
YearFemale team winnerMale team winner
2015Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
2016Flag of the United States.svg  United States (2)Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia (2)
2017Flag of the United States.svg  United States (3)Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
2018Flag of the United States.svg  United States (4)Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
2019Flag of the United States.svg  United States (5) |- Francesco Di Fulvio Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
2020 Dušan Mandić Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
2021 Maggie Steffens (3)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Filip Filipović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
2022Maddie Musselman Felipe Perrone Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
2023Brigitte SleekingNetherlands Gergő Zalánki Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
2024 Beatriz Ortiz [3] [4] Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Dušan Mandić (2)Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia

Diving

YearFemale winnerNationalityMale winnerNationality
2010 Chen Ruolin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Patrick Hausding Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
2011 Wu Minxia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Qiu Bo Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
2012 Wu Minxia (2)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Ilya Zakharov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
2013 He Zi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China He Chong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
2014 Liu Huixia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Cao Yuan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
2015 Shi Tingmao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China He Chao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
2016 Shi Tingmao (2)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Chen Aisen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
2017 Shi Tingmao (3)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Thomas Daley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
2018 Shi Tingmao (4)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Cao Yuan (2)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
2019 Shi Tingmao (5)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Xie Siyi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
2021 Shi Tingmao (6)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Xie Siyi (2)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
2022 Chen Yiwen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Wang Zongyuan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
2023 Chen Yiwen (2)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Cassiel Rousseau Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia

High diving

YearFemale winnerNationalityMale winnerNationality
2013 Cesilie Carlton Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Orlando Duque Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
2014 Rachelle Simpson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Orlando Duque (2)Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
2015 Rachelle Simpson (2)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Gary Hunt Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
2016 Lysanne Richard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Gary Hunt (2)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
2017 Rhiannan Iffland Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Steven LoBue Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
2018 Rhiannan Iffland (2)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Gary Hunt (3)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
2019 Rhiannan Iffland (3)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Gary Hunt (4)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
2021 Ellie Smart Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Owen Weymouth Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
2022 Rhiannan Iffland (4)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Aidan Heslop Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom

Artistic swimming

YearWinnerNationality
2010 Natalia Ishchenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
2011 Natalia Ishchenko (2)
Svetlana Romashina 		Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
2012 Natalia Ishchenko (3)Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
2013 Svetlana Romashina (2)Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
2014 Huang Xuechen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
YearFemale winnerNationalityMale winnerNationality
2015 Svetlana Romashina (3)Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Aleksandr Maltsev
Bill May 		Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
2016 Natalia Ishchenko (4)
Svetlana Romashina (4)		Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
2017 Svetlana Kolesnichenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Giorgio Minisini
Aleksandr Maltsev (2)		Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
2018 Yelyzaveta Yakhno Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Giorgio Minisini (2)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
2019 Svetlana Romashina (5)
Svetlana Kolesnichenko (2)		Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 		Aleksandr Maltsev (3)Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
2021 Svetlana Romashina (6)
Svetlana Kolesnichenko (3)		Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 		Aleksandr Maltsev (4)Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
2022 Yukiko Inui Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Giorgio Minisini (3)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy

Open water swimming

YearFemale winnerNationalityMale winnerNationality
2010 Ana Marcela Cunha Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Valerio Cleri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
2011 Keri-Anne Payne Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Thomas Lurz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
2012 Éva Risztov Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Oussama Mellouli Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
2013 Poliana Okimoto Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Thomas Lurz (2)Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
2014 Ana Marcela Cunha (2)Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Allan do Carmo Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
2015 Ana Marcela Cunha (3)Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Jordan Wilimovsky Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
2016 Sharon van Rouwendaal Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Ferry Weertman Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
2017 Ana Marcela Cunha (4)Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Marc-Antoine Olivier Flag of France.svg  France
2018 Ana Marcela Cunha (5)Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Ferry Weertman (2)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
2019 Ana Marcela Cunha (6)Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Kristóf Rasovszky Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
2021 Ana Marcela Cunha (7)Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Florian Wellbrock Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
2022 Ana Marcela Cunha (8)Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Gregorio Paltrinieri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy

See also

References

  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.
  3. ↑ "Bea Ortiz, elegida mejor jugadora de waterpolo del mundo de 2024". RTVE.es. January 13, 2025.
  4. ↑ world_aquatics (2025-01-13). "Bea Ortiz best Female #WaterPolo player of 2024". www.instagram.com.
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