2012 WOWSA Awards

The official record of the 2012 WOWSA Awards, including the categories, winners and every verified finalist or nominee preserved for that cycle.

Cycle overview

Records: 66
Categories: 4
Voting model: Global public online poll; exact historical weighting not independently republished in this record.
Presented: Queen Mary, Long Beach, California, USA

Winners

World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year
Stephen Redmond
World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year
Annaleise Carr
World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year
Juan Ignacio Martínez Fernández-Villamil
World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year
SWIM Channel

Complete results

World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year

Stephen RedmondWinner
Benjamin SchulteNominee
Colin HillNominee
Craig DietzNominee
Doug WoodringNominee
Milko van GoolNominee
Oussama MellouliNominee
Pierre LafontaineNominee
Ram BarkaiNominee
Salvatore CimminoNominee
Thomas LurzNominee
Trent GrimseyNominee
Wayne RiddinNominee
Wayne SoutterNominee
Yunfeng WangNominee

World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year

Annaleise CarrWinner
Ana Marcela CunhaNominee
Anna-Carin NordinNominee
Catherine VogtNominee
Diana NyadNominee
Esther Nuñez MoreraNominee
Grace van der BylNominee
Janel Jorgensen McArdleNominee
Julia WashbourneNominee
Karen GaffneyNominee
Keri-Anne PayneNominee
Pat Gallant-CharetteNominee
Risztov ÉvaNominee
Shelley Taylor-SmithNominee
Tina NeillNominee

World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year

Juan Ignacio Martínez Fernández-VillamilWinner
Alina WarrenNominee
Brenton WilliamsNominee
Dan ProjanskyNominee
Dutch Ladies FirstNominee
Frank FlowersNominee
Haley AndersonNominee
James PittarNominee
Lexie KellyNominee
Night Train SwimmersNominee
Penny PalfreyNominee
Philippe CroizonNominee
Saint Martin Island Long Distance Channel SwimmingNominee
Stephen RedmondNominee
Trent GrimseyNominee

World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year

SWIM ChannelWinner
Big River ManNominee
Channel Swimmers' Chat GroupNominee
Cork Distance WeekNominee
FINIS SwiMP3 X18Nominee
FoggleNominee
In My ElementNominee
iSwimTooNominee
Marathon Swimmers ForumNominee
Midmar Mile Facebook IntegrationNominee
Night Train SwimmersNominee
Ocean Care SolutionsNominee
Oceans Seven ProjectNominee
Open Water Swimming InsuranceNominee
RC HelicamNominee
SwimITNominee
SwimPhoneNominee
SwimTrekNominee
TakeItLiveNominee
The Henley SwimNominee
Toa o le Tai ProgramNominee

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 2012.

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

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