Kirsty Coventry, Cameron van der Burgh Named Swimming World African Swimmers of the Year

PHOENIX, Arizona, November 28. In the December issue, Swimming World features the longest-running and most prestigious award in the sport of swimming. Beginning in 1964 with Don Schollander being named the World Swimmer of the Year , and continuing with the addition of various Regional Swimmers of the Year in 1980, the award system honors the best of the best from each year's feats in the sport.

Today, we are proud to announce the winners of the eighth-annual African Swimmers of the Year awards, which first were named in 2004. Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry and South Africa's Cameron van der Burgh have been named the Female and Male African Swimmers of the Year for 2011, and are featured in the December issue of Swimming World Magazine.

Here is how the Top 5 rankings in each region worked out in Africa. We have included first-place votes for the first time as part of our voting structure:

FEMALE
1. Kirsty Coventry, ZIM (11)
2. Wendy Trott, RSA (7)
3. Sara El Bekri, MAR
4. Farida Hisham Osman, EGY (1)
5. Vanessa Mohr, RSA
(Parenthesis indicates first-place votes)

MALE
1. Cameron van der Burgh, RSA (18)
2. Ous Mellouli, TUN (1)
3. Gerhard Zandberg, RSA
4. Jason Dunford, KEN
5. Chad Le Clos, RSA
(Parenthesis indicates first-place votes)

Previous African Swimmers of the Year:
2010 Mandy Loots, RSA Cameron van der Burgh, RSA
2009 Kirsty Coventry, ZIM Ous Mellouli, TUN/Cameron van der Burgh, RSA
2008 Kirsty Coventry, ZIM Ous Mellouli, TUN
2007 Kirsty Coventry, ZIM Roland Shoeman, RSA
2006 Suzaan Van Biljon, RSA Roland Shoeman, RSA
2005 Kirsty Coventry, ZIM Roland Shoeman, RSA
2004 Kirsty Coventry, ZIM Roland Shoeman, RSA

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December 2011 Issue
Contents of The December issue:
8 10 Best Performances of 2011 by John Lohn
12 World and Regional Swimmers of the Year by Jason Marsteller and Jeff Commings
20 Diving, Water Polo, Synchronized Swimming Award Winners
22 Defining Moments by Judy Jacob
The Pan-Am Games appear to be Brazil's Thiago Pereira's own personal playground, as he matched his records for most gold medals and overall medals that he had set four years ago.
28 Workout Card: Las Vegas Masters by Vic Hecker
30 Q&A with Coach Monty Hopkins by Michael J. Stott
32 How They Train: Josh Schneider by Michael J. Stott
33 Science of Performance: Off-season Training by G. John Mullen
The off-season is a good time to stay productive and help make yourself a better swimmer.
36 American Relay by Judy Jacob
37 TYR Age Group Swimmer of the Month
42 World & American Record Progressions by Jason Marsteller

DEPARTMENTS
6 A Voice for the Sport
24 Holiday Gift Guide
39 Calendar
41 For the Record
46 Parting Shot
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