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

Year Female winner Nationality Male winner Nationality Ref
2010Therese Alshammar SwedenRyan Lochte United States
2011Missy Franklin United StatesRyan Lochte (2) United States
2012Missy Franklin (2) United StatesMichael Phelps United States
2013Katie Ledecky United StatesRyan Lochte (3) United States
2014Katinka Hosszú HungaryChad le Clos South Africa
2015Katinka Hosszú (2) HungaryMitch Larkin Australia
2016Katinka Hosszú (3) HungaryMichael Phelps (2) United States
2017Sarah Sjöström SwedenCaeleb Dressel United States
2018Katinka Hosszú (4) HungaryChad le Clos (2) South Africa
2019Sarah Sjöström (2) SwedenCaeleb Dressel (2) United States
2021Emma McKeon AustraliaCaeleb Dressel (3) United States
2022Katie Ledecky (2) United StatesDavid Popovici Romania
2023Kaylee McKeown AustraliaQin Haiyang China [1]

Best swimming performance

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

Water polo

Year Female winner Nationality Male winner Nationality
2009 Elizabeth Armstrong  United States Filip Filipović Serbia
2010Vanja Udovičić Serbia
2011Alexandra Asimaki GreeceFilip Filipović Serbia
2012Maggie Steffens United StatesJosip Pavić Croatia
2013Jennifer Pareja SpainDénes Varga Hungary
2014Maggie Steffens United StatesFilip 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
2021Maggie Steffens United StatesFilip Filipović & Dusan Mandic Serbia
2022 Francesco Di Fulvio Italy
2023 Maddie Musselman

Diving

Year Female winner Nationality Male winner Nationality
2010Chen Ruolin ChinaPatrick Hausding Germany
2011Wu Minxia ChinaQiu Bo China
2012Wu Minxia (2) ChinaIlya Zakharov Russia
2013He Zi ChinaHe Chong China
2014Liu Huixia ChinaCao Yuan China
2015Shi Tingmao ChinaHe Chao China
2016Shi Tingmao (2) ChinaChen Aisen China
2017Shi Tingmao (3) ChinaThomas Daley United Kingdom
2018Shi Tingmao (4) ChinaCao Yuan (2) China
2019Shi Tingmao (5) ChinaXie Siyi China
2021Shi Tingmao (6) ChinaXie Siyi (2) China
2022Chen Yuxi ChinaWang Zongyuan China

High diving

Year Female winner Nationality Male winner Nationality
2013Cesilie Carlton United StatesOrlando Duque Colombia
2014Rachelle Simpson United StatesOrlando Duque (2) Colombia
2015Rachelle Simpson (2) United StatesGary Hunt United Kingdom
2016Lysanne Richard CanadaGary Hunt (2) United Kingdom
2017Rhiannan Iffland AustraliaSteven LoBue United States
2018Rhiannan Iffland (2) AustraliaGary Hunt (3) United Kingdom
2019Rhiannan Iffland (3) AustraliaGary Hunt (4) United Kingdom
2021Ellie Smart United StatesOwen Weymouth United Kingdom
2022Rhiannan Iffland (4) AustraliaAidan Heslop United Kingdom

Artistic swimming

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

Open water swimming

Year Female winner Nationality Male winner Nationality
2010Ana Marcela Cunha BrazilValerio Cleri Italy
2011Keri-Anne Payne United KingdomThomas Lurz Germany
2012Éva Risztov HungaryOussama Mellouli Tunisia
2013Poliana Okimoto BrazilThomas Lurz (2) Germany
2014Ana Marcela Cunha (2) BrazilAllan do Carmo Brazil
2015Ana Marcela Cunha (3) BrazilJordan Wilimovsky United States
2016Sharon van Rouwendaal NetherlandsFerry Weertman Netherlands
2017Ana Marcela Cunha (4) BrazilMarc-Antoine Olivier France
2018Ana Marcela Cunha (5) BrazilFerry Weertman (2) Netherlands
2019Ana Marcela Cunha (6) BrazilKristóf Rasovszky Hungary
2021Ana Marcela Cunha (7) BrazilFlorian Wellbrock Germany
2022Ana Marcela Cunha (8) BrazilGregorio Paltrinieri 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.
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