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Katie Ledecky, five-time female World Swimmer of the Year Inge de Bruijn, the only Dutch female World Swimmer of the Year Natalie Coughlin, female world Swimmer of the Year in 2002 Grant Hackett, male World Swimmer of the Year in 2005 Leisel Jones, female World Swimmer of the Year in 2005 and 2006 Sun Yang is the 2013 male World Swimmer of the Year and a five-time male Pacific Rim Swimmer of ...
The World Aquatics Athletes of the Year (formerly FINA Athletes of the Year) is a set of awards presented by World Aquatics (International Swimming Federation) and the FINA Aquatics World Magazine. Each recognises excellence in five categories of aquatic sports: swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo and open water swimming. The ...
Ledecky scored more points than any other swimmer to earn the FINA trophy for best female swimmer of the meet. [42] At year's end, Ledecky was named the American Swimmer of the Year and the World Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World magazine. She was also named the best female swimmer for 2013 by FINA Aquatics World magazine.
This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in swimming. Current program. 50 metre freestyle. Games Gold Silver Bronze 1988 Seoul details: ...
After retiring from swimming, Van Dyken announced that she was going to compete in triathlon. In 2001, Van Dyken finished a one-third-mile swim, 15.2-mile bike ride and 3.1-mile run Sunday in two hours, 10.5 seconds in the Saturn Triathlon in Monument, Colo., to place 28th among 34 women in the 25-to-29 age group. [4]
In every single swimming event, from the men’s 50-meter free to the women’s 400-meter IM, humans have shaved second after second off world-best times throughout and since the 20th century. The ...
Egerszegi finished the year of 1990 again as the Best Swimmer and as the Best Female Athlete of Hungary. In 1991, she competed at the World Championships in Perth, Australia, winning both backstroke events (100 and 200 metres) and becoming the first Hungarian female swimmer of all time who won gold medals at the World Championships.
She was named the Female World Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World Magazine in 1987, 1989, and 1990. In 1988, as a junior in high school, she was recognized as a "Rising Star" by the Los Angeles Times. [32] Evans was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 2001. [33]