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
Water polo
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
Synchronized swimming
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
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