2014 WOWSA Awards

The official record of the 2014 WOWSA Awards, including the categories, winners and every verified finalist or nominee preserved for that cycle.

Cycle overview

Records: 54
Categories: 4
Voting model: Global public online poll; exact historical weighting not independently republished in this record.
Presented: Isle of Bute, Scotland, 20–21 September

Winners

World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year
Henri Kaarma
World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year
Nataliya Fatyanova
World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year
Diomede Islands Swim
World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year
Step Out Of The Ordinary Blue Letter Campaign

Complete results

World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year

Henri KaarmaWinner
Adam WalkerNominee
Allan Lopes Mamédio do CarmoNominee
Colin HillNominee
Ferry WeertmanNominee
Joanes HedelNominee
Joseph LockeNominee
Lewis PughNominee
Otto ThaningNominee
Phil WhiteNominee
Tomi StefanovskiNominee
Xavier DesharnaisNominee

World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year

Nataliya FatyanovaWinner
Ana Marcela CunhaNominee
Bhakti SharmaNominee
Carina BruwerNominee
Chloë McCardelNominee
Colleen MallonNominee
Elaine HowleyNominee
Kimberley ChambersNominee
Pilar GeijoNominee
Sharon van RouwendaalNominee
Susan SimmonsNominee
Sylvia RybárováNominee

World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year

Diomede Islands SwimWinner
Beyond AvalonNominee
Charlotte Samuels Triple Crown of Open Water SwimmingNominee
Curaçao Channel CrossingNominee
Cyprus Israel SwimNominee
Cyril Baldock English Channel CrossingNominee
Great Lake AdventureNominee
International Winter Swimming Festival ArgentinaNominee
Kristian Rutford Manhattan Island Marathon SwimNominee
Madagascar SwimNominee
Mallorca 360° Circumnavigation SwimNominee
Monmouth County Lifeguards U.S. Lifeguarding ChampionsNominee
Patti Bauernfeind Monterey Bay CrossingNominee
Prison Island SwimsNominee
Trinity Arsenault Lake Ontario CrossingNominee

World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year

Step Out Of The Ordinary Blue Letter CampaignWinner
24 Hour Swim in San FranciscoNominee
BlueJourney-Amerika Samoa - Stronger Together: The Waterman's WayNominee
Catalina Channel Swimming FederationNominee
Dancing In The WaterNominee
L.O.S.T. SwimmingNominee
Morrison ReportNominee
Nadandolibre Radio Show - Marcador ShowNominee
Ola Vista PhotographyNominee
Rei e Rainha do MarNominee
S.C.A.R. Swim ChallengeNominee
The Greatest EnglishmanNominee
The Torture SwimNominee
The Vertical Swim TrainerNominee
Uaimh an tSolais & Uaimh na nÉanNominee

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 2014.

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

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