{"id":461302,"date":"2021-02-03T19:42:13","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T02:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=461302"},"modified":"2021-02-03T19:42:13","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T02:42:13","slug":"world-open-water-swimming-association-names-2020-wowsa-award-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-open-water-swimming-association-names-2020-wowsa-award-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"World Open Water Swimming Association Names 2020 WOWSA Award Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

The World Open Water Swimming Association (WOWSA) on Tuesday announced its 2020 WOWSA Awards.<\/p>\n

The awards were bestowed in four categories: Man of the Year, Woman of the Year, Performance of the Year and Offering of the Year. In total, 59 nominees were presented from 27 countries. The winners were selected by a public vote of more than 71,000 votes cast online globally.<\/p>\n

“Each of these 59 nominees is very special,\u201d WOWSA founder Steven Munatones<\/strong> said in a statement<\/a>. \u201cWe have old and young swimmers, coaches, pilots, ice swimmers, authors, filmmakers, and organizers who have all positively impacted the sport in their own creative ways during the COVID-19 year where the sport grew exponentially due to pool closures<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2020 WOWSA Award winners are:<\/p>\n