World Aquatics Athletes of the Year
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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
| Year | Female winner | Nationality | Male winner | Nationality | Ref |
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| 2010 | Therese Alshammar |  Sweden | Ryan Lochte |  United States |
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| 2011 | Missy Franklin | United States | Ryan Lochte (2) | United States |
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| 2012 | Missy Franklin (2) | United States | Michael Phelps | United States |
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| 2013 | Katie Ledecky | United States | Ryan Lochte (3) | United States |
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| 2014 | Katinka Hosszú |  Hungary | Chad le Clos |  South Africa |
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| 2015 | Katinka Hosszú (2) | Hungary | Mitch Larkin |  Australia |
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| 2016 | Katinka Hosszú (3) | Hungary | Michael Phelps (2) | United States |
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| 2017 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | Caeleb Dressel | United States |
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| 2018 | Katinka Hosszú (4) | Hungary | Chad le Clos (2) | South Africa |
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| 2019 | Sarah Sjöström (2) | Sweden | Caeleb Dressel (2) | United States |
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| 2021 | Emma McKeon | Australia | Caeleb Dressel (3) | United States |
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| 2022 | Katie Ledecky (2) | United States | David Popovici |  Romania |
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| 2023 | Kaylee McKeown | Australia | Qin Haiyang |  China |
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| 2024 | Summer McIntosh |  Canada | Léon Marchand |  France |
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| 2025 | Summer McIntosh (2) | Canada | Léon Marchand (2) | France |
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Best swimming performance
| 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
| 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 (2) | 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 (3) | United States | Filip Filipović | Serbia |
| 2022 | Maddie Musselman | Felipe Perrone | Spain | |
| 2023 | Brigitte Sleeking | Netherlands | Gergő Zalánki | Hungary |
| 2024 | Beatriz Ortiz[4][5] | Spain |
Dušan Mandić (2) | Serbia |
Diving
| 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 |
| 2023 | Chen Yiwen (2) | China |
Cassiel Rousseau | Australia |
High diving
| 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
| 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
| 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 |