WOWSA Awards – World Open Water Swimming Man Of The Year
WOWSA Awards – World Open Water Swimming Man Of The Year
Sponsored by KAATSU, Huntington Beach, California.The WOWSA Awards are sponsored by the World Open Water Swimming Association and serve as an annual public recognition of the world’s open water swimmers and products or services in four categories via a global online poll. The categories include:
* World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year
* World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year
* World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year
* World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year
Over the history of the WOWSA Awards, the following individuals were selected for the Man of the Year Award:
2008 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year: Randy Nutt of the USA
2009 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year: Petar Stoychev of Bulgaria
2010 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year: Marcos Díaz of the Dominican Republic
2011 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year: Jamie Patrick of the USA
2012 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year: Stephen Redmond of Ireland
2013 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year: Pádraig Mallon of Ireland
2014 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year: Henri Kaarma of Estonia
2015 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year: Antonio Argüelles Díaz-González of Mexico
2016 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year: Nejib Belhedi of Tunisia
2017 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year: Antonio Argüelles Díaz-González of Mexico
2018 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year: Ion Lazarenco Tiron of the Republic of Moldava
2019 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year: Adherbal Treidler de Oliveira of Brazil
The 2019 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Adherbal Treidler de Oliveira is typical of the purpose of the WOWSA Awards. The nominees for the World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year are selected among an heroic and impressive group of individuals with exceptionally inspirational exploits, histories and lifestyles and who specialize in open water swimming. The WOWSA Awards are not necessarily for the fastest swimmer, but are specifically meant to honor the man who:
* best embodies the spirit of open water swimming,
* possesses the sense of adventure, tenacity and perseverance that open water swimmers are known for, and
* has most positively influenced the world of open water swimming
To nominate a worthy candidate for the 2019 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year, send an explanatory email to WOWSA Awards Nominations here.
For more information on the WOWSA Awards, visit here.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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