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 NationalityRef 2010 2011 (2) 2012 (2) 2013 (3) 2014 2015 (2) 2016 (3) (2) 2017 2018 (4) (2) 2019 (2) (2) 2021 (3) 2022 (2) 2023 2024 2025 (2) (2)
Best swimming performance Year Female winner Nationality Male winner Nationality 2015 2016 (2) (2)
Water polo
Year Female winner Nationality Male winner Nationality2009Filip Filipović 2010 2011 Filip Filipović 2012 2013 2014 Maggie Steffens (2) Filip Filipović Year Female team winner Male team winner 2015 2016 (2) (2) 2017 (3) 2018 (4) 2019 (5) |-Francesco Di Fulvio 2020Dušan Mandić 2021 (3) Filip Filipović 2022Maddie MusselmanFelipe Perrone2023Brigitte SleekingNetherlandsGergő Zalánki2024Beatriz OrtizDušan Mandić (2)
Diving Year Female winner Nationality Male winner Nationality 2010 2011 2012 (2) 2013 2014 2015 2016 (2) 2017 (3) 2018 (4) (2) 2019 (5) 2021 (6) (2) 2022 2023 (2)Cassiel Rousseau
High diving Year Female winner Nationality Male winner Nationality 2013 2014 (2) 2015 (2) 2016 (2) 2017 2018 (2) (3) 2019 (3) (4) 2021 2022 (4)
Artistic swimming Year Winner Nationality 2010 2011 (2) 2012 (3) 2013 (2) 2014
Year Female winner Nationality Male winner Nationality 2015 (3) Aleksandr Maltsev Bill May 2016 (4) (4) 2017 Aleksandr Maltsev (2) 2018 (2) 2019 (5) (2) (3) 2021 (6) (3) (4) 2022 (3)
Open water swimming Year Female winner Nationality Male winner Nationality 2010 2011 2012 2013 (2) 2014 (2) 2015 (3) 2016 2017 (4) 2018 (5) (2) 2019 (6) 2021 (7) 2022 (8)
See also List of Swimming World Swimmers of the Year International Swimming Hall of Fame
References
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.