The official record of the 2020 WOWSA Awards, including the categories, winners and every verified finalist or nominee preserved for that cycle.
World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year
Nejib Belhedi
Tunisia
Completed a 155 km circumnavigation of Djerba Island in 47 hours 50 minutes.
World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year
Bárbara Hernández Huerta
Chile
Completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, crossed Lake Chungará and the Beagle Channel, and excelled in winter swimming.
World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year
The Original Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming
Turkey
Kamil Resa Alsaran completed the Bristol Channel and the Original Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming.
World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year
Kosatka DV
Russia
Led by Oleg Dokuchaev, organized extreme swims and ecological relays including the Lake Baikal relay crossing.
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 2020.
The archive publishes the 58 identifiable records and preserves the discrepancy in Research Issues.