{"id":283931,"date":"2017-11-12T12:00:56","date_gmt":"2017-11-12T19:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=283931"},"modified":"2017-11-12T12:00:48","modified_gmt":"2017-11-12T19:00:48","slug":"who-will-be-swimming-worlds-2017-world-swimmers-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/who-will-be-swimming-worlds-2017-world-swimmers-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Will Be Swimming World’s 2017 World Swimmers of the Year?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every year since 1964,\u00a0Swimming World\u00a0<\/em>has\u00a0acknowledged the top athletes in our sport by voting for the\u00a0World Swimmers of the Year<\/a>.\u00a0The awards expanded to include the Americas and European Regions in 1980, Pacific Rim in 1995, and Africa in 2004.\u00a0 A panel of 15 members, both national and international, participated in the 2017 voting process. In anticipation of the release of the December issue we at\u00a0Swimming World<\/em>\u00a0would like to take a look back at previous winners.<\/p>\n

(Editor\u2019s note: In 2013\u00a0Swimming World<\/em>\u00a0stripped the East German athletes<\/a>, who were systematically doped in the 1970s and \u201980s, from their World and European Swimmer of the Year titles).<\/p>\n

2016 Winners: Katie Ledecky & Michael Phelps<\/h2>\n
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To the surprise of no one,\u00a0Katie Ledecky<\/strong>\u00a0was unanimously selected as Swimming World\u2019s Female World Swimmer of the Year for the fourth consecutive year. The only other woman to match that feat was\u00a0Janet Evans<\/strong>\u00a0from 1987 to 1990.<\/p>\n

Ledecky also earned her fourth Female American Swimmer of the Year award. Only five-time winner Evans (1987-91) has more. Lady Ledecky can now legitimately lay claim to being the most dominant female aquatic athlete on the planet.<\/p>\n

To cement her claim to that title, Ledecky set a formidable challenge for herself at the Rio Olympics: win the 200, 400 and 800 freestyle events. In 100-plus years of Olympic swimming, only\u00a0Debbie Meyer<\/strong>\u00a0had taken that trifecta. And that was in 1968\u201448 years ago.<\/p>\n

Her final medal tally (four golds, one silver) made for the most decorated single-Olympics performance by a U.S. female athlete in terms of gold medals.<\/p>\n

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For the eighth time in his legendary career,\u00a0Michael Phelps<\/strong> was named Swimming World’s\u00a0<\/i>World Swimmer of the Year.\u00a0Phelps has now won the award in each of the past four Olympic years, and this honor came 13 years after he first won the award in 2003. His eight awards double the total of the swimmer with the next most titles, Australia\u2019s\u00a0Ian Thorpe<\/strong>. Phelps also captured Male American Swimmer of the Year honors for the 11th time, also a record.<\/p>\n

Phelps concluded the 2016 Rio Olympics by adding another six medals to his collection (five gold and one silver) and received a long-standing ovation from the crowd at the Olympic Aquatic Center following his final race of his fifth Olympics.<\/p>\n

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PREVIOUS AWARD WINNERS:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
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2024<\/td>Summer McIntosh, CAN<\/td>Leon Marchand, FRA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2023<\/td>Kaylee McKeown, AUS<\/td>Leon Marchand, FRA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2022<\/td>Ariarne Titmus, AUS<\/td>David Popovici, ROU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2021<\/td>Emma McKeon, AUS<\/td>Caeleb Dressel, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/td>Not awarded due to COVID-19 pandemic<\/td>Not awarded due to COVID-19 pandemic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/td>Regan Smith, USA<\/td>Caeleb Dressel, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018<\/td>Katie Ledecky, USA<\/td>Adam Peaty, GBR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/td>Sarah Sjostrom, SWE<\/td>Caeleb Dressel, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/td>Katie Ledecky, USA<\/td>Michael Phelps, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/td>Katie Ledecky, USA<\/td>Adam Peaty, GBR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/td>Katie Ledecky, USA<\/td>Kosuke Hagino, JPN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/td>Katie Ledecky, USA<\/td>Sun Yang, CHN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/td>Missy Franklin, USA<\/td>Michael Phelps, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>Rebecca Soni, USA<\/td>Ryan Lochte, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>Rebecca Soni, USA<\/td>Ryan Lochte, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>Federica Pellegrini, ITA<\/td>Michael Phelps, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>Stephanie Rice, AUS<\/td>Michael Phelps, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>Laure Manaudou, FRA<\/td>Michael Phelps, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>Leisel Jones, AUS<\/td>Michael Phelps, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>Leisel Jones, AUS<\/td>Grant Hackett, AUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>Yana Klochkova, UKR<\/td>Michael Phelps, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/td>Hannah Stockbauer, GER<\/td>Michael Phelps, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>Natalie Coughlin, USA<\/td>Ian Thorpe, AUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/td>Inge De Bruijn, NED<\/td>Ian Thorpe, AUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/td>Inge De Bruijn, NED<\/td>Pieter van den Hoogenband, NED<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1999<\/td>Penny Heyns, RSA<\/td>Ian Thorpe, AUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998<\/td>Jenny Thompson, USA<\/td>Ian Thorpe, AUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1997<\/td>Claudia Poll, CRC<\/td>Michael Klim, Aus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1996<\/td>Penny Heyns, RSA<\/td>Denis Pankratov, RUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1995<\/td>Kristina Egerszegi, HUN<\/td>Denis Pankratov, RUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1994<\/td>Samantha Riley, AUS<\/td>Kieren Perkins, AUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1993<\/td>Franziska Van Almsick, GER<\/td>Karoly Guttler, HUN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1992<\/td>Kristina Egerszegi, HUN<\/td>Egveni Sadovyi, URS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1991<\/td>Kristina Egerszegi, HUN<\/td>Tamas Darnyi, HUN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1990<\/td>Janet Evans, USA<\/td>Mike Barrowman, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1989<\/td>Janet Evans, USA<\/td>Mike Barrowman, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1988<\/td>Janet Evans, USA,\u00a0 Kristin Otto, GDR<\/del> \u00a0*<\/td>Matt Biondi, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1987<\/td>Janet Evans, USA<\/td>Tamas Darnyi, HUN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1986<\/td>Mary T. Meagher, USA,\u00a0 Kristin Otto, GDR<\/del> *<\/td>Matt Biondi, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1985<\/td>Mary T. Meagher, USA<\/td>Michael Gross, FRG<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1984<\/td>Tiffany Cohen, USA,\u00a0 Kristin Otto, GDR<\/del> \u00a0*<\/td>Alex Baumann, CAN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1983<\/td>Tiffany Cohen, USA,\u00a0 Ute Geweniger, GDR<\/del> *<\/td>Rick Carey, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1982<\/td>Tracy Caulkins, USA,\u00a0 Petra Schneider, GDR \u00a0*<\/td>Vladimir Salnikov, URS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1981<\/td>Mary T. Meagher, USA<\/td>Alex Baumann, CAN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1980<\/td>Tracy Caulkins, USA,\u00a0 Petra Schneider, GDR<\/del> \u00a0*<\/td>Rowdy Gaines, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1979<\/td>Cynthia Woodhead, USA<\/td>Vladimir Salnikov, URS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1978<\/td>Tracy Caulkins, USA<\/td>Jesse Vassallo, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1977<\/td>Wendy Boglioli, USA,\u00a0 Ulrike Tauber, GDR<\/del> *<\/td>Brian Goodell, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1976<\/td>Shirley Babashoff, USA,\u00a0 Kornelia Ender, GDR<\/del> \u00a0*<\/td>John Naber, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1975<\/td>Shirley Babashoff, USA,\u00a0 Kornelia Ender, GDR<\/del> \u00a0*<\/td>Tim Shaw, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1974<\/td>Shirley Babashoff, USA,\u00a0 Ulrike Tauber, GDR<\/del> \u00a0*<\/td>Tim Shaw, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1973<\/td>Novella Calligaris, ITA,\u00a0 Kornelia Ender, GDR<\/del> \u00a0*<\/td>Rick DeMont, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1972<\/td>Shane Gould, AUS<\/td>Mark Spitz, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1971<\/td>Shane Gould, AUS<\/td>Mark Spitz, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1970<\/td>Alice Jones, USA<\/td>Gary Hall, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1969<\/td>Debbie Meyer, USA<\/td>Gary Hall, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1968<\/td>Debbie Meyer, USA<\/td>Charles Hickcox, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1967<\/td>Debbie Meyer, USA<\/td>Mark Spitz, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1966<\/td>Claudia Kolb, USA<\/td>Mike Burton, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1965<\/td>Martha Randall, USA<\/td>Dick Roth, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1964<\/td>N\/A<\/td>Don Schollander, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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