World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year
- Petar StoychevWinner
- Bob PlacakNominee
- Colin HillNominee
- Douglas WoodringNominee
- Flavio BomioNominee
- Kevin MurphyNominee
- Rick WalkerNominee
- Rostislav VitekNominee
- Scott RiceNominee
- Thomas LurzNominee
2009 WOWSA Awards
The official record of the 2009 WOWSA Awards, including the categories, winners and every verified finalist or nominee preserved for that cycle.
Cycle overview
- Records
- 42
- Categories
- 3
- Voting model
- Global public online poll; exact historical weighting not independently republished in this record.
- Presented
- Huntington Beach, California, USA
Winners
World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year
Petar Stoychev
World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year
Poliana Okimoto
World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year
Andrew Smilley at the RCP Tiburon Mile
Complete results
World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year
- Poliana OkimotoWinner
- Angela MaurerNominee
- Keri-Anne PayneNominee
- Lisa CumminsNominee
- Marcia ClevelandNominee
- Melissa GormanNominee
- Mighty MermaidsNominee
- Natalie du ToitNominee
- Penny PalfreyNominee
- Sally Minty-GravettNominee
World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year
- Andrew Smilley at the RCP Tiburon MileWinner
- Angela Maurer 25 km World Championship VictoryNominee
- Chantelle Le Guilcher Round Jersey CircumnavigationNominee
- Jade Scognamillo Lake Ontario CrossingNominee
- Julian Crabtree Great Swim Stage SwimNominee
- Kane Radford RCP Tiburon Mile VictoryNominee
- Karen Rogers Lake Tahoe CrossingNominee
- Keri-Anne Payne 10 km World Championship VictoryNominee
- Lake Taupo Triple CrossingNominee
- Liane Llewellyn English Channel Double CrossingNominee
- Lisa Cummins English Channel Double CrossingNominee
- Liz Fry Reverse Manhattan Island CircumnavigationNominee
- Melissa Gorman 5 km World Championship VictoryNominee
- Patti Bauernfeind Lake Tahoe CrossingNominee
- Penny Palfrey Alenuihaha Channel CrossingNominee
- Petar Stoychev Traversée Internationale du lac St-Jean VictoryNominee
- Ram Barkai and Andrew Chin Lake Zurich Winter SwimNominee
- Riaan Schoeman Midmar Mile VictoryNominee
- Rostislav Vitek English Channel CrossingNominee
- Tasmin Powell Round Jersey CircumnavigationNominee
- Thomas Lurz 5 km and 10 km World Championship VictoriesNominee
- Valerio Cleri 25 km World Championship VictoryNominee
Source and archival note
This record is maintained by the World Open Water Swimming Association using original Awards records, published results, archived pages and verified supporting sources. Historical names and category names are preserved as published in 2009.
The surviving nominee subsection lists 21 performance entries and omits Andrew Smilley, while the recipient list identifies him as the 2009 Performance winner. The archive publishes the verified winner plus the surviving nominee list. Source-list order is not treated as a verified final ranking.