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 Year | Female winner | Nationality | Male winner | Nationality | Ref

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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 |
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]

### Best swimming performance

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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

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Serbia men's national water polo team Year | Female winner | Nationality | Male winner | Nationality

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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

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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
2021 | Shi Tingmao (6) |  China | Xie Siyi (2) |  China
2022 | Chen Yiwen |  China | Wang Zongyuan |  China

## High diving

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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
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

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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
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

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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
2021 | Ana Marcela Cunha (7) |  Brazil | Florian Wellbrock |  Germany
2022 | Ana Marcela Cunha (8) |  Brazil | Gregorio Paltrinieri |  Italy

## See also

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* List of Swimming World Swimmers of the Year
* International Swimming Hall of Fame

## 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.

## External links

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* 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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World Aquatics

Disciplines|

* Swimming
* Diving
* High diving
* Open water swimming
* Synchronized swimming
* Water polo

Presidents|

* George Hearn (1908–1924)
* Erik Bergvall (1924–1928)
* Émile-Georges Drigny (1928–1932)
* Walther Binner (1932–1936)
* Harold Fern (1936–1948 )
* Rene de Raeve (1948–1952)
* M.L. Negri (1952–1956)
* Jan de Vries (1956–1960)
* Max Ritter (1960–1964)
* William Berge Phillips (1964–1968)
* Javier Ostos Mora (1968–1972)
* Harold Henning (1972–1976)
* Javier Ostos Mora (1976–1980, 2nd term)
* Ante Lambaša (1980–1984)
* Robert Helmick (1984–1988)
* Mustapha Larfaoui (1988–2009)
* Julio Maglione (2009–2021)
* Husain Al-Musallam (2021–present)

Continental
associations|

* Africa Aquatics
* Asia Aquatics
* European Aquatics
* Oceania Aquatics
* PanAm Aquatics

Competitions|

* World Aquatics Championships
* World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m)
* World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships

Awards|

* World Aquatics Athletes of the Year

Affiliations|

* Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF)
* Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF)

Miscellaneous|

* World Aquatics Day

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International water polo

* Geography
* World Rankings
* World medalists
* Achievements by nation

World|

* World Aquatics – Summer Olympics
* World Championship
* U20
* U18
* U16
* World Cup
* men
* women
* ~~World League~~ (defunct)
* ~~Challengers' Cup~~ (defunct)

Africa|

* CANA – African Championship

Americas|

* UANA – Pan American Games
* Pan American Water Polo Championships
* Central American and Caribbean Games
* South American Games
* Bolivarian Games

Asia|

* AASF – Asian Games
* Asian Championship
* Asian Cup
* Asian Swimming Championships
* Asian Beach Games
* SEA Games
* Asian Clubs Championships

Europe|

* LEN – European Championship
* U19
* U17
* U15
* Men's club
* Champions League
* Euro Cup
* Challenger Cup
* Super Cup
* Women's club
* Champions League
* Euro Cup
* Challenger Cup
* Super Cup

Oceania|

* OSA – Oceanian Championship

Others|

* Commonwealth Championships
* Deaflympics
* Friendship Games
* Islamic Solidarity Games
* Mediterranean Games
* Summer Universiade
* World Games

* Athletes (teams) of the Year
* International Hall of Fame
* List of players
* Coaches
* Officials

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