2015 WOWSA Awards

The official record of the 2015 WOWSA Awards, including the categories, winners and every verified finalist or nominee preserved for that cycle.

Cycle overview

Records: 63
Categories: 4
Voting model: Global public online poll; exact historical weighting not independently republished in this record.
Presented: Big Chill Swim, Windermere, Lake District, England, 5 February

Winners

World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year
Antonio Argüelles
World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year
Bridgette Hobart Janeczko
World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year
Andrea Fazio
World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year
World Ice Swimming Championships

Complete results

World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year

Antonio ArgüellesWinner
Attila MányokiNominee
Ben HooperNominee
Benoît LecomteNominee
Christof WandratschNominee
Evgenij Pop AcevNominee
Ingemar Patiño MacarineNominee
James ToutNominee
Lewis PughNominee
Rohan MoreNominee
Rostislav VítekNominee
Simone RuffiniNominee

World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year

Bridgette Hobart JaneczkoWinner
Alex CapeNominee
Aurélie MullerNominee
Chloë McCardelNominee
Elina MäkinenNominee
Elizabeth FryNominee
Lorna CochranNominee
Pilar GeijoNominee
Rachele BruniNominee
Renata NovakovaNominee
Sharon van RouwendaalNominee
Tita LlorensNominee

World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year

Andrea FazioWinner
Andreas FathNominee
Christian ReichertNominee
Dan ProjanskyNominee
Fast and FrozenNominee
Ganga AvahanNominee
Jim CliffordNominee
Jordan WilimovskyNominee
Kelly GneitingNominee
Kimberley ChambersNominee
Matthew MoseleyNominee
Mike ArbuthnotNominee
Nejib BelhediNominee
Night Train SwimmersNominee
Oceans Seven RelayNominee
Susan SimmonsNominee
Swim the Eden ExpeditionNominee
Team Nadadores LocosNominee
The Deep EndersNominee
The Old Men And The Sea RelayNominee
Theodore YachNominee
Trent TherouxNominee
Wendy TrehiouNominee

World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year

World Ice Swimming ChampionshipsWinner
Axis BuoyNominee
Best Places To SwimNominee
Chillswim ConistonNominee
Find A WayNominee
IOLITENominee
Lake Geneva Swimming AssociationNominee
Madswimmers Charity SwimsNominee
Samsung Intercontinental Bosphorus Swimming CompetitionNominee
Sting No MoreNominee
Swim Across AmericaNominee
SwimCrossNominee
SwimEarsNominee
SwimmitNominee
SwimTrackNominee
WEST (Water World Swimming Therapy)Nominee

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 2015.

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

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