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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 on November 28th,\u00a0Swimming World<\/em>\u00a0began 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

Female European Swimmer of the Year<\/h2>\n
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One year after Sarah Sjostrom<\/strong> was named World Swimmer of the Year, she returned with another strong performance at the European Championships in 2018. For those efforts, she is named Swimming World\u2019s European Swimmer of the Year for the third time.<\/p>\n

After setting six world records between short course and long course in 2017, the 25-year-old Sjostrom did not approach any of those records in her signature sprint freestyle or sprint butterfly races, but she won four individual gold medals in August at the European Championships\u2014the first time that Sjostrom did not lose a single individual race at her primary championship meet.<\/p>\n

Most impressive among those races was the 50 meter free, in which Sjostrom dueled Olympic champion Pernille<\/strong> Blume<\/strong> of Denmark and touched first by just 1-hundredth of a second, 23.74 to 23.75. Her winning time was just 7-hundredths off her world record, and that swim was easily her top performance of 2018. Each of her other continental triumphs came in much more convincing fashion, with times of 52.93 in the 100 free, 25.16 in the 50 fly and 56.23 in the 100 fly.<\/p>\n

Her 100 fly victory was the fifth European title for Sjostrom in that event in the last six tries. She first won as a 14-year-old back in 2008 and has only missed out on the top spot once since, when she finished 1-hundredth behind Jeanette Ottesen<\/strong> in 2014.<\/p>\n

In a bit of a surprise, Sjostrom did not finish 2018 as the top swimmer in the world in either the 100 free or 100 fly, with teenager Rikako Ikee<\/strong> of Japan sitting atop the butterfly rankings just ahead of Sjostrom (56.08 to 56.23). In freestyle, Australia\u2019s Cate Campbell\u2019s<\/strong> No. 1-ranked time (52.03) was 6-tenths faster than Sjostrom\u2019s season best (52.67 for fourth) and the second fastest time in history behind the Swede\u2019s world record.<\/p>\n

In 2018, Sjostrom may not have been the obvious candidate for the world\u2019s best female swimmer as she was in 2017, but she remains the world\u2019s most dangerous and versatile sprinter. Heading into next year\u2019s World Championships, Sjostrom should still be the one to beat.<\/p>\n

Male American Swimmer of the Year<\/h2>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

Chase Kalisz<\/strong> had established himself as the best individual medley swimmer in the United States well before the year began. But in 2018, he proved that he was the best IMer in the world.<\/p>\n

If there was any doubt, he finished on top of the world rankings in both the 200 and 400 meter IM (1:55.40, 4:07.95), and won the gold medal at the Pan Pacific Championships in both events.<\/p>\n

Kalisz\u2019s signature moment came at Pan Pacs in Tokyo when he was able to take down two of Japan\u2019s finest\u20142015 World champion Daiya Seto<\/strong> and 2016 Olympic gold medalist Kosuke Hagino<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t easy going up against two hometown favorites in the same race. The home crowd got Seto and Hagino energized, with the two turning first at the 200. But Kalisz swam an incredible 1:08.39 breaststroke split to turn a second-and-a-half deficit into nearly a two-second lead. As Kalisz won in 4:07.95, Hagino and Seto still managed to make the podium, but their respective times were a distant 4:11.13 and 4:12.60.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just wanted to do as many events as possible and race at a high level,\u201d Kalisz said. \u201cI have always put a lot of emphasis on being fast in-season\u2014not necessarily that I am setting myself up to be fast, but I want to race fast. I want to go a fast time, so I race hard…as hard as I can every single time I get in the pool, and that is very valuable at the end of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kalisz\u2019s dominance wasn\u2019t just at Pan Pacs. At the U.S. summer nationals two weeks earlier, the 24-year-old won the 200 IM in 1:55.73, just 2-tenths off his lifetime best and a portent of even better things to come in Tokyo: a 1:55.40 PR.<\/p>\n

In the 400 IM, it was again the breaststroke leg that proved the difference for Kalisz at nationals. He moved up to first in the field by the 250 and never looked back, cruising into the wall in 4:08.25. It was the top time in the world until Kalisz again outdid himself at Pan Pacs.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Kalisz was able to keep up his strong season while still training heavily all season. He dominated the USA TYR Pro Swim Series all year and was the top point scorer of the series in his signature events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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