Swammy Awards are awarded annually by the American-based swimming news website SwimSwam. Categories include Swimmer of the Year, Junior Swimmer of the Year, Open Water Swimmer of the Year, Para-Swimmer of the Year and regional, NCAA, USA Swimming age group and coaching awards.

The Swammy Awards were inaugurated in 2012.

Swimmers of the Year

Year Female Winner Nationality Ref Male Winner Nationality Ref
2012 Allison Schmitt  United States [1]
2013 Katinka Hosszú  Hungary [2] Chad le Clos  South Africa [3]
2014 Katie Ledecky  United States [4] Chad le Clos (2)  South Africa [5][6]
2015 Katie Ledecky (2)  United States [7] Adam Peaty  United Kingdom [8]
2016 Katie Ledecky (3)  United States [9] Michael Phelps  United States [10]
2017 Sarah Sjöström  Sweden [11] Caeleb Dressel  United States [12]
2018 Katie Ledecky (4)  United States [13] Kliment Kolesnikov  Russia [14]
2019 Regan Smith  United States [15][16] Caeleb Dressel (2)  United States [17]
2020 Kaylee McKeown  Australia [18] Caeleb Dressel (3)  United States [19]
2021 Emma McKeon  Australia [20] Caeleb Dressel (4)  United States [21]
2022 Katie Ledecky (5)  United States [22] David Popovici  Romania [23]
2023 Kaylee McKeown  Australia [24] Qin Haiyang  China [25]

Junior Swimmers of the Year

Year Female Winner Nationality Ref Male Winner Nationality Ref
2014 Daria Ustinova  Russia [26] Mack Horton  Australia [27][28]
2015 Viktoria Zeynep Gunes  Turkey [29] Li Zhuhao  China [30]
2016 Penny Oleksiak  Canada [31] Kyle Chalmers  Australia [32]
2017 Rikako Ikee  Japan [33] Kliment Kolesnikov  Russia [34]
2018 Taylor Ruck  Canada [35] Kliment Kolesnikov (2)  Russia [36]
2019 Regan Smith  United States [16][37] Andrei Minakov  Russia [38]
2020 Benedetta Pilato  Italy [39] Andrei Minakov (2)  Russia [40]
2021 Lydia Jacoby  United States [41] Hwang Sun-woo  South Korea [42]
2022 Summer McIntosh  Canada [43] David Popovici  Romania [44]
2023 Summer McIntosh (2)  Canada [45] Ilya Kharun  Canada [46]

Open Water Swimmers of the Year

Year Female Winner Nationality Ref Male Winner Nationality Ref
2012 Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia [47][48]
2013 Poliana Okimoto  Brazil [49] Thomas Lurz  Germany [50]
2014 Sharon van Rouwendaal  Netherlands [51] Ferry Weertman  Netherlands [52][53]
2015 Ana Marcela Cunha  Brazil [54] Jordan Wilimovsky  United States [55]
2016 Sharon van Rouwendaal (2)  Netherlands [56] Ferry Weertman (2)  Netherlands [57]
2017 Ana Marcela Cunha (2)  Brazil [58] Ferry Weertman (3)  Netherlands [59]
2018 Sharon van Rouwendaal (3)  Netherlands [60] Kristof Rasovszky  Hungary [61]
2019 Ana Marcela Cunha (3)  Brazil [62] Florian Wellbrock  Germany [63]
2020 Anastasia Kirpichnikova  Russia [64] Marc-Antoine Olivier  France [65]
2021 Ana Marcela Cunha (4)  Brazil [66] Florian Wellbrock (2)  Germany [67]
2022 Ana Marcela Cunha (5)  Brazil [68] Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy [69]
2023 Leonie Beck  Germany [70] Florian Wellbrock (3)  Germany [71]

Paralympic Swimmers of the Year

The Paralympic swimmer of the year award ran from 2014 to 2016.

Year Female Winner Nationality Ref Male Winner Nationality Ref
2014 Jessica Long  United States [72] Yevheniy Bohodayko  Ukraine [73]
2015 Tiffany Thomas Kane  Australia [74] Ihar Boki  Belarus [75][76]
2016 Yelyzaveta Mereshko  Ukraine [77] Ihar Boki (2)  Belarus [78]

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