2017 WOWSA Awards

The official record of the 2017 WOWSA Awards, including the categories, winners and every verified finalist or nominee preserved for that cycle.

Cycle overview

Records: 49
Categories: 4
Voting model: Global public online poll; exact historical weighting not independently republished in this record.
Presented: The Olympic Club, San Francisco, California, 10 November 2018

Winners

World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year
Antonio Argüelles
World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year
Jaimie Monahan
World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year
Margarita Llorens Bagur
World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year
Sea Donkey

Complete results

World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year

Antonio ArgüellesWinner
Avram IancuNominee
Dr. Lucky MeisenheimerNominee
Evgenij Pop AcevNominee
Ferry WeertmanNominee
Guillermo BertolaNominee
John BatchelderNominee
Lynton MortensenNominee
Petar StoychevNominee
Philip YorkeNominee
Sayed Ihsan TaheriNominee
Simone RuffiniNominee
Stéphane LecatNominee

World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year

Jaimie MonahanWinner
Ana Marcela CunhaNominee
Arianna BridiNominee
Aurélie MullerNominee
Barbara PozzobónNominee
Chloë McCardelNominee
Dr. Caroline BlockNominee
Julia WittigNominee
Katherine BattsNominee
Ludmila MallerNominee
Pat Gallant-CharetteNominee
Sarah ThomasNominee

World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year

Margarita Llorens BagurWinner
Barbados Open Water Swimming FestivalNominee
Christof WandratschNominee
Igor LukinNominee
India National Open Long Distance Swimming Championship Escort RowersNominee
Jason SnellNominee
Khitindra Chandra BaishyaNominee
Madswimmer by Jean CravenNominee
Marc-Antoine OlivierNominee
Stephen RouchNominee
Sven EckardtNominee
Wild Swimming BrothersNominee

World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year

Sea DonkeyWinner
48 BraçadesNominee
Blue Journey Dangerous Waves ProjectNominee
Global Swim SeriesNominee
LongSwimsDBNominee
New York Open WaterNominee
Open Water Swim AcademyNominee
Outdoor SwimmerNominee
Shark BaitNominee
Swim ArgentinaNominee
The Channel of BonesNominee
Travessia do Leme ao PontalNominee

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 2017.

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

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