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.
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Swimming
| Year | Female winner | Nationality | Male winner | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Therese Alshammar |  | Ryan Lochte |  |
| 2011 | Missy Franklin | | Ryan Lochte (2) | |
| 2012 | Missy Franklin (2) | | Michael Phelps | |
| 2013 | Katie Ledecky | | Ryan Lochte (3) | |
| 2014 | Katinka Hosszú |  | Chad le Clos |  |
| 2015 | Katinka Hosszú (2) | | Mitch Larkin | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| 2016 | Katinka Hosszú (3) | | Michael Phelps (2) | |
| 2017 | Sarah Sjöström | | Caeleb Dressel | |
| 2018 | Katinka Hosszú (4) | | Chad le Clos (2) | |
Best swimming performance
| Year | Female winner | Nationality | Male winner | Nationality |
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| 2015 | Katie Ledecky | | Adam Peaty |  |
| 2016 | Katie Ledecky (2) | | Adam Peaty (2) | |
Water polo
| Year | Female winner | Nationality | Male winner | Nationality |
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| 2010 | Elizabeth Armstrong | | Vanja Udovičić |  |
| 2011 | Alexandra Asimaki |  | Filip Filipović | |
| 2012 | Maggie Steffens | | Josip Pavić |  |
| 2013 | Jennifer Pareja |  | Dénes Varga | |
| 2014 | Maggie Steffens (2) | | Filip Filipović (2) | |
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Diving
| Year | Female winner | Nationality | Male winner | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Chen Ruolin |  | Patrick Hausding |  |
| 2011 | Wu Minxia | | Qiu Bo | |
| 2012 | Wu Minxia (2) | | Ilya Zakharov |  |
| 2013 | He Zi | | He Chong | |
| 2014 | Liu Huixia | | Cao Yuan | |
| 2015 | Shi Tingmao | | He Chao | |
| 2016 | Shi Tingmao (2) | | Chen Aisen | |
| 2017 | Shi Tingmao (3) | | Thomas Daley | |
| 2018 | Shi Tingmao (4) | | Cao Yuan (2) | |
High diving
| Year | Female winner | Nationality | Male winner | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Cesilie Carlton | | Orlando Duque |  |
| 2014 | Rachelle Simpson | | Orlando Duque (2) | |
| 2015 | Rachelle Simpson (2) | | Gary Hunt | |
| 2016 | Lysanne Richard | .svg.png){kind=small} | Gary Hunt (2) | |
| 2017 | Rhiannan Iffland | | Steven LoBue | |
| 2018 | Rhiannan Iffland (2) | | Gary Hunt (3) | |
Artistic swimming
| Year | Winner | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Natalia Ishchenko | |
| 2011 | Natalia Ishchenko (2) Svetlana Romashina | |
| 2012 | Natalia Ishchenko (3) | |
| 2013 | Svetlana Romashina (2) | |
| 2014 | Huang Xuechen | |
| Year | Female winner | Nationality | Male winner | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Svetlana Romashina (3) | | Aleksandr Maltsev Bill May | |
| 2016 | Natalia Ishchenko (4) Svetlana Romashina (4) | | ||
| 2017 | Svetlana Kolesnichenko | | Giorgio Minisini Aleksandr Maltsev (2) |  |
| 2018 | Yelyzaveta Yakhno |  | Giorgio Minisini (2) | |
Open water swimming
| Year | Female winner | Nationality | Male winner | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Ana Marcela Cunha |  | Valerio Cleri | |
| 2011 | Keri-Anne Payne | | Thomas Lurz | |
| 2012 | Éva Risztov | | Oussama Mellouli |  |
| 2013 | Poliana Okimoto | | Thomas Lurz (2) | |
| 2014 | Ana Marcela Cunha (2) | | Allan do Carmo | |
| 2015 | Ana Marcela Cunha (3) | | Jordan Wilimovsky | |
| 2016 | Sharon van Rouwendaal |  | Ferry Weertman | |
| 2017 | Ana Marcela Cunha (4) | | Marc-Antoine Olivier |  |
| 2018 | Ana Marcela Cunha (5) | | Ferry Weertman (2) | |
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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