FINA Athletes of the Year
The FINA Athletes of the Year is a set of awards presented by FINA (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
Year | Female winner | Nationality | Male winner | Nationality |
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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 |
Best swimming performance
Year | Female winner | Nationality | Male winner | Nationality |
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2015 | Katie Ledecky | United States | Adam Peaty | United Kingdom |
2016 | Katie Ledecky (2) | United States | Adam Peaty (2) | United Kingdom |
Water polo
Year | Female winner | Nationality | Male winner | Nationality |
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2010 | Elizabeth Armstrong | United States | 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 (2) | United States | Filip Filipović (2) | 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) | Italy | ||
Diving
Year | Female winner | Nationality | Male winner | Nationality |
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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 |
High diving
Year | Female winner | Nationality | Male winner | Nationality |
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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 |
Artistic swimming
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 |
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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 |
Open water swimming
Year | Female winner | Nationality | Male winner | Nationality |
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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 |
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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