2019 WOWSA Awards

The official record of the 2019 WOWSA Awards, including the categories, winners and every verified finalist or nominee preserved for that cycle.

Cycle overview

Records: 49
Categories: 4
Voting model: The Openwaterpedia master archive describes the historical process as 75% WOWSA Academy voting and 25% public voting.

49 named records. Winners are identified; non-winner source-list order is not treated as final rank.

Winners

World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year
Adherbal Treidler de Oliveira
Brazil
World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year
Mariel Hawley Dávila
Mexico
World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year
Gulf of Finland Relay
Russia
World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year
Travesía Interminable
Mexico / USA

Complete results

World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year

1Adherbal Treidler de OliveiraBrazilWinner
Alex Fong Lik-sunHong KongNominee
André WiersigGermanyNominee
Attila MányokiHungaryNominee
Fergil HestermanNetherlandsNominee
Florian WellbrockGermanyNominee
Ger KennedyIrelandNominee
Masayuki MoriyaJapanNominee
Paul GeorgescuRomaniaNominee
Petar StoychevBulgariaNominee
Robert McGlashanCanadaNominee
Thomas PembrokeAustraliaNominee

World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year

1Mariel Hawley DávilaMexicoWinner
Alisa FatumGermanyNominee
Ana Marcela CunhaBrazilNominee
Bhakti SharmaIndiaNominee
Chloë McCardelAustraliaNominee
Elizabeth FryUSANominee
Nora Toledano CadenaMexicoNominee
Pilar GeijoArgentinaNominee
Rachele BruniItalyNominee
Sarah ThomasUSANominee
Susan SimmonsCanadaNominee
Xin XinChinaNominee

World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year

1Gulf of Finland RelayRussiaWinner
100 km Ocean SwimSpainNominee
66th River MileSouth AfricaNominee
Barbados to St. Lucia 151 km CrossingSouth AfricaNominee
Easter Island SwimSouth AfricaNominee
Father-and-Daughter Marathon SwimsCanadaNominee
FINA UltraMarathon Swim Series VictoryNorth MacedoniaNominee
Grand Slam of Open Water SwimmingUSANominee
Ice Kilometer World RecordNetherlandsNominee
Iron IcemanFranceNominee
Maui Nui SwimHawaiiNominee

World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year

1Travesía InterminableMexico / USAWinner
Blind VisionAustraliaNominee
FINIS StreamUSANominee
FORM Swim Goggles + Polar® OH1/OH1+ Heart Rate SensorCanadaNominee
Kayaking & Coaching by Dan SimonelliUSANominee
Ocean Triple R: Remote Recovery RescueIrelandNominee
Oceanman Series ExperienceGlobalNominee
Open Water: San Francisco. Calendar 2020USANominee
Prolific Promotions by Elaine HowleyUSANominee
Slow SwimmingUKNominee
Swimming Easter IslandSouth AfricaNominee
Tampa Bay Frogman SwimUSANominee
The Ancient Seven SeasGlobalNominee
WAVE Drowning Detection SystemsUSANominee

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 2019.

Complete archive of 49 published nominees: 12 Man of the Year, 12 Woman of the Year, 11 Performance of the Year, and 14 Offering of the Year. Winners are identified; list order is not treated as a final ranking for other nominees unless separately documented.

Supporting source: https://www.openwaterpedia.com/wiki/WOWSA_Awards

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