World Sailor of the Year Awards

The World Sailor of the Year Awards were launched in 1994 by the International Sailing Federation to reward individual sailors for outstanding achievements in the sport. The awards have been sponsored by Rolex since 2001.

List of winners
YearMale winner(s)Female winner(s)
1994 Peter Blake
Robin Knox-Johnston		 Theresa Zabell
1995 Russell Coutts Isabelle Autissier
1996 Jochen Schümann Lee Lai Shan
1997 Pete Goss Ruslana Taran
Elena Pakholchik
1998 Ben Ainslie Carolijn Brouwer
1999 Mateusz Kusznierewicz Margriet Matthijsse
2000 Mark Reynolds
Magnus Liljedahl		 Shirley Robertson
2001 Robert Scheidt Ellen MacArthur
2002 Ben Ainslie Sofia Bekatorou
Emilia Tsoulfa
2003 Russell Coutts Siren Sundby
2004 Robert Scheidt Sofia Bekatorou
Emilia Tsoulfa
2005 Fernando Echavarri
Anton Paz		 Ellen MacArthur
2006 Mike Sanderson Paige Railey
2007 Ed Baird Claire Leroy
2008 Ben Ainslie Alessandra Sensini
2009 Torben Grael Anna Tunnicliffe
2010 Tom Slingsby Blanca Manchon
2011 Iker Martínez
Xabier Fernández		 Anna Tunnicliffe
2012 Ben Ainslie Xu Lijia
2013 Mathew Belcher Jo Aleh
Polly Powrie
2014 James Spithill Martine Grael
Kahena Kunze
2015 Peter Burling
Blair Tuke		 Sarah Ayton
2016 Santiago Lange Hannah Mills
Saskia Clark
2017 Peter Burling Marit Bouwmeester
2018 Pavlos Kontides Carolijn Brouwer
Marie Riou
2019 Marco Gradoni Anne-Marie Rindom
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