List of FINA Athletes of the Year
The FINA Athletes of the Year, awarded by Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA) and FINA Aquatics World Magazine, are a set of awards given in five categories: swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo and open water swimming. The award was inaugurated in 2010 also in 2012 and 2013.
Swimming
| Year | Female Winner | Nationality | Male Winner | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Alshammar, ThereseTherese Alshammar |  Sweden | Lochte, RyanRyan Lochte |  United States |
| 2011 | Franklin, MissyMissy Franklin | United States | Lochte, RyanRyan Lochte (2) | United States |
| 2012 | Franklin, MissyMissy Franklin (2) | United States | Phelps, MichaelMichael Phelps | United States |
| 2013 | Ledecky, KatieKatie Ledecky | United States | Lochte, RyanRyan Lochte (3) | United States |
| 2014 | Hosszú, KatinkaKatinka Hosszú |  Hungary | le Clos, ChadChad le Clos |  South Africa |
| 2015 | Hosszú, KatinkaKatinka Hosszú (2) | Hungary | Larkin, MitchMitch Larkin |  Australia |
Best Swimming Performance
| Year | Female Winner | Nationality | Male Winner | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Ledecky, KatieKatie Ledecky | United States | Peaty, AdamAdam Peaty |  United Kingdom |
Water polo
| Year | Female Winner | Nationality | Male Winner | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Armstrong, ElizabethElizabeth Armstrong | United States | Udovičić, VanjaVanja Udovičić |  Serbia |
| 2011 | Asimaki, AlexandraAlexandra Asimaki |  Greece | Filip Filipović | Serbia |
| 2012 | Steffens, MaggieMaggie Steffens | United States | Pavić, JosipJosip Pavić |  Croatia |
| 2013 | Pareja, JenniferJennifer Pareja |  Spain | Varga, DenesDenes Varga | Hungary |
| 2014 | Steffens, MaggieMaggie Steffens (2) | United States | Filip Filipović (2) | Serbia |
| Year | Female Team Winner | Male Team Winner | ||
| 2015 | United States | Serbia | ||
Diving
| Year | Female Winner | Nationality | Male Winner | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Ruolin, ChenChen Ruolin |  China | Hausding, PatrickPatrick Hausding |  Germany |
| 2011 | Minxia, WuWu Minxia | China | Bo, QiuQiu Bo | China |
| 2012 | Minxia, WuWu Minxia (2) | China | Zakharov, IlyaIlya Zakharov |  Russia |
| 2013 | Zi, HeHe Zi | China | Chong, HeHe Chong | China |
| 2014 | Huixia, LiuLiu Huixia | China | Yuan, CaoCao Yuan | China |
| 2015 | Tingmao, ShiShi Tingmao | China | Chao, HeHe Chao | China |
High diving
| Year | Female Winner | Nationality | Male Winner | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Carlton, CesilieCesilie Carlton | United States | Duque, OrlandoOrlando Duque |  Colombia |
| 2014 | Simpson, RachelleRachelle Simpson | United States | Duque, OrlandoOrlando Duque (2) | Colombia |
| 2015 | Simpson, RachelleRachelle Simpson (2) | United States | Hunt, GaryGary Hunt | United Kingdom |
Synchronized swimming
| Year | Winner | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Ishchenko, NataliaNatalia Ishchenko | Russia | ||
| 2011 | Ishchenko, NataliaNatalia Ishchenko (2) Romashina, SvetlanaSvetlana Romashina | Russia Russia | ||
| 2012 | Ishchenko, NataliaNatalia Ishchenko (3) | Russia | ||
| 2013 | Romashina, SvetlanaSvetlana Romashina (2) | Russia | ||
| 2014 | Xuechen, HuangHuang Xuechen | China | ||
| Year | Female Winner | Nationality | Male Winner | Nationality |
| 2015 | Romashina, SvetlanaSvetlana Romashina (3) | Russia | Aleksandr Maltsev Bill May | Russia United States |
Open water swimming
| Year | Female Winner | Nationality | Male Winner | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Cunha, Ana MarcelaAna Marcela Cunha |  Brazil | Cleri, ValerioValerio Cleri |  Italy |
| 2011 | Payne, Keri-AnneKeri-Anne Payne | United Kingdom | Lurz, ThomasThomas Lurz | Germany |
| 2012 | Risztov, ÉvaÉva Risztov | Hungary | Mellouli, OussamaOussama Mellouli |  Tunisia |
| 2013 | Okimoto, PolianaPoliana Okimoto | Brazil | Lurz, ThomasThomas Lurz (2) | Germany |
| 2014 | Marcela Cunha, AnaAna Marcela Cunha (2) | Brazil | do Carmo, AllanAllan do Carmo | Brazil |
| 2015 | Marcela Cunha, AnaAna Marcela Cunha (3) | Brazil | Wilimovsky, JordanJordan Wilimovsky | United States |
See also
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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