The official record of the 2022 WOWSA Awards, including the categories, winners and every verified finalist or nominee preserved for that cycle.
WOWSA Man of the Year
Paddy Conaghan
Ireland
At age 81, completed a non-contiguous charity swim around Ireland, starting and finishing on Arranmore Island, swimming more than 300 times and raising €104,400.
WOWSA Woman of the Year
Sarah Thomas
USA
Won the 16 km Swim the Suck and completed an unprecedented 70 km two-way North Channel swim in 21 hours 48 minutes.
WOWSA Performance of the Year
Sarah Thomas
USA
Completed an unprecedented 70 km two-way crossing of the North Channel in 21 hours 48 minutes.
WOWSA Para Performance of the Year
Mark Omrod, MBE
UK
The triple amputee completed a 1 km swim in Plymouth in 35 minutes 48 seconds and helped raise more than £600,000.
WOWSA Event of the Year
S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge
USA
A four-day, 66.9 km stage swim across four Arizona lakes.
WOWSA Product/Service of the Year
Cork Distance Week
Ireland
A marathon-swimming preparation camp in Ireland led by Ned Denison.
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 2022.
Voting Academy introduced; six categories, including Para Performance of the Year.