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Each\u00a0year\u00a0Swimming World Magazine<\/em>\u00a0selects the top male and female swimmers from the following regions: Africa, the Pacific Rim, Europe, the Americas, and World.<\/p>\n

Starting today,\u00a0Swimming World<\/em>\u00a0will begin announcing the top athletes in each region leading up to the announcement of the Male and Female World Swimmer of the Year on December 1st. \u00a0The final announcement will coincide with the official release of the December\u00a0Swimming World Magazine<\/em>. \u00a0To download and\u00a0read previous \u201cSwimmers of the Year\u201d, visit the\u00a0Swimming World Vault<\/a>\u00a0and download past\u00a0December issues.<\/p>\n

Male African Swimmer of the Year: Chad le Clos<\/h2>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Anesh Debiky<\/p><\/div>\n

The undisputed king of men\u2019s butterfly at the 2018 Commonwealth Games\u00a0in the Gold Coast, Australia was unquestionably Chad le Clos of South Africa. He\u00a0dominated the discipline, establishing Commonwealth Games records in the 100\u00a0and 200 meter fly (50.65, 1:54.00\u2014both of which ranked third in the world in\u00a02018).<\/p>\n

Though butterfly is le Clos\u2019 obvious forte, his freestyle talent also is\u00a0routinely among the best in the world. He placed second in the 100 free at the\u00a0Commonwealth Games, tying for silver with Australian sprinter Kyle Chalmers\u00a0(48.15). The South African superstar also helped his country\u2019s 4×100 medley relay\u00a0to a bronze medal. Le Clos came away from the Gold Coast with a heavy haul of\u00a0three golds, one silver and one bronze. His victory in the 200 fly was his third\u00a0straight title in the event at the Commonwealth Games\u2014a feat no other man in\u00a0history has accomplished.<\/p>\n

At 18, le Clos shocked himself and the world when he defeated his\u00a0swimming hero Michael Phelps in the 200 fly at the 2012 London Games by 3-hundredths of a second. Le Clos went on to take silver to Phelps in the 100 fly.\u00a0The Games proved a tremendous launching pad for the phenom\u2019s career.\u00a0Now 26, he has racked up 51 international medals since 2011 between the\u00a0Olympics, Commonwealth Games, World Championships (SC and LC), the\u00a0African Games and the African Championships.<\/p>\n

Le Clos may have been disappointed with his showing in Rio, but his two\u00a0silvers in the 200 free and 100 fly brought his overall medal total to four, making\u00a0him South Africa\u2019s most decorated Olympian.<\/p>\n

His performances at the 2018 Commonwealth Games cemented him in\u00a0history as the most successful Commonwealth swimmer of all time. His three gold,\u00a0one silver and one bronze medal brought his total Commonwealth medal tally to
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Female African Swimmer of the Year: Tatjana Schoenmaker<\/h2>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Anesh Debiky\/Swimming South Africa<\/p><\/div>\n

Tatjana Schoenmaker arrived in Australia this April for the Commonwealth\u00a0Games as a virtually unknown 20-year-old. She left the Gold Coast with two gold\u00a0medals, three African records and recognition as one of the best breaststrokers in\u00a0the world.<\/p>\n

Before the Commonwealth Games, Schoenmaker\u2019s international\u00a0accomplishments included winning a silver medal in the 200 meter breast at the\u00a02017 World University Games. She also helped South Africa set a short course\u00a0African record in the women\u2019s 4×50 medley relay (1:52.16) in 2014 at the World\u00a0Championships in Doha, Qatar.<\/p>\n

A year ago, she finished runner-up in the 2017 African Swimmer of the Year\u00a0vote, behind unanimous winner, Farida Osman of Egypt. This year, though, it\u2019s\u00a0Schoenmaker who reigns as the top female swimmer on the continent with a\u00a0unanimous vote of her own.<\/p>\n

In her first event of the Commonwealth Games, she finished just off the\u00a0podium in fourth in the 50 breast, but her 30.82 set an African record. The next\u00a0day, she stormed the field in the 200 breast, placing first by more than a second.\u00a0Her time of 2:22.02 knocked more than two-and-a-half seconds off her previous\u00a0best (2:24.61) and smashed Suzaan van Biljon\u2019s African record of 2:23.21, set at\u00a0the 2012 Olympics. Schoenmaker ended the year ranked fourth in the world in the\u00a0event, only 1.3 seconds off Russia\u2019s Yulia Efimova\u2019s top time of 2:20.72.<\/p>\n

Two days later in the 100 breast final, she captured her second gold medal,\u00a0this time by 6-tenths of a second. Her final time of 1:06.41 ended up as the 10th-best time globally for 2018. She also broke her third African record in that race,\u00a0taking down the mark of 1:06.52 set by eventual Olympic gold medalist Penny\u00a0Heyns in 1999.<\/p>\n

Later in the year in August, a month after her 21st birthday, Schoenmaker\u00a0added a short course meters African record to her resum\u00e9 with a 1:05.12 in the 100\u00a0breast at the South African Championships.<\/p>\n

While South Africa\u2019s male swimmers have achieved plenty of international\u00a0success since the country\u2019s readmission to international sports in 1994, only a few\u00a0of its female swimmers have reached that level. In fact, Schoenmaker is the first\u00a0South African woman to win gold at the Commonwealth Games during that time\u00a0period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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