2010 WOWSA Awards

The official record of the 2010 WOWSA Awards, including the categories, winners and every verified finalist or nominee preserved for that cycle.

Cycle overview

Records: 45
Categories: 3
Voting model: Global public online poll; exact historical weighting not independently republished in this record.
Presented: Long Beach Marriott, California, USA

Winners

World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year
Marcos Díaz
World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year
Anne Marie Ward
World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year
Ventura Deep Six Relay

Complete results

World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year

Marcos DíazWinner
Captain Earl SandvikNominee
Chad HoNominee
Chris PalfreyNominee
Dave BarraNominee
Lewis PughNominee
Michael OramNominee
Ned DenisonNominee
Nino FazioNominee
Petar StoychevNominee
Valerio CleriNominee
Ventura Deep Six RelayNominee

World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year

Anne Marie WardWinner
Ana Marcela CunhaNominee
Angela MaurerNominee
Barbara HeldNominee
Diana NyadNominee
Eva FabianNominee
Freda StreeterNominee
Jackie CobellNominee
Linsy HeisterNominee
Mighty MermaidsNominee
Penny PalfreyNominee
Sue OldhamNominee

World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year

Ventura Deep Six RelayWinner
Alex MeyerNominee
Chloë McCardelNominee
Damme-Brugge Race OrganizersNominee
Finy FicheraNominee
Ian van der HulstNominee
Jamie PatrickNominee
John Van WisseNominee
Lewis PughNominee
Marcellus WileyNominee
Marcelo ColletNominee
Mexican American Unity SwimNominee
Miguel VadilloNominee
Penny PalfreyNominee
Philippe CroizonNominee
Rachel Golub, Patricia Sener and Cristian VergaraNominee
Rob DumouchelNominee
Spyridon Gianniotis, Antonios Fokaidis and Kalliopi AraouzouNominee
Stephen RedmondNominee
Swim 22Nominee
Vojislav MijicNominee

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 2010.

Complete surviving nominee lists are preserved across three categories. Source-list order is not treated as a verified final ranking.

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