World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year
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The World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year is awarded together with the World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year, the World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year and the World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year as part of the WOWSA Awards. The WOWSA Awards are presented by World Open Water Swimming Association.
The 2010 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year, World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year and the World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year ceremonies were held in the United Nations in New York City. The 2011 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year, World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year and the World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year ceremonies were held on the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California.
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Recipients
- The 2008 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year was race director and swimming advocate Randy Nutt of the USA.
- The 2009 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year was professional marathon swimmer Petar Stoychev of Bulgaria.
- The 2010 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year was United Nations Millennium Development ambassador Marcos Diaz of the Dominican Republic.
- The 2011 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year was swimmer, event organizer, crew member and governing body administrator Jamie Patrick of the USA.
- The 2012 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year was Oceans Seven swimmer Stephen Redmond of Ireland.
2012 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Nominees
1. Benjamin Schulte (Guam) – Fearless Olympic Marathoner
2. Craig Dietz (USA) –The Limbless Waterman
3. Colin Hill (Great Britain) – Olympic Showman
4. Doug Woodring (Hong Kong) – Ocean Environmentalist
5. Milko van Gool (Netherlands) – Humanitarian Swimmer
6. Oussama Mellouli (Tunisia) – Olympic Champion
7. Pierre Lafontaine (Canada) – Able & Ambitious Administrator
8. Ram Barkai (South Africa) – Mindful Ice Man
9. Salvatore Cimmino (Italy) – Swimming in the Seas of the Globe
10. Stephen Redmond (Ireland) - Oceans Seven Pioneer
11. Thomas Lurz (Germany) - Ambassador and Gentleman
12. Trent Grimsey (Australia) - English Channel Record Breaker
13. Wayne Riddin (South Africa) – Midmar Mile Director
14. Wayne Soutter (South Africa) – The Unthinkable
15. Morrie Chiang (Taiwan) – Sun Lake Moon Director
2011 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Nominees
1. Roger Allsopp (Great Britain) – Barrier-Breaker
2. Bruckner Chase (USA) – Ocean Advocacy and Awareness
3. Salvatore Cimmino (Italy) – Champion of the Disabled
4. Spyridon Gianniotis (Greece) – World Professional Marathon Swimming Champion
5. Simon Griffiths (England) – Open Water Swimming Publisher Visionary
6. Thomas Lurz (Germany) – World Professional Marathon Swimming Champion
7. Simon Murie (England) – Open Water Swimming Tour Operator and Enabler
8. Jamie Patrick (USA) – Adventure Swimmer
9. Stephen Redmond (Ireland) – Courageous Channel Challenger
10.Yutaka Shinozaki (Japan) – Founder of the Japan International Open Water Swimming Association
11.Petar Stoychev (Bulgaria) – World Professional Marathon Swimming Champion
12.Doug Woodring (Hong Kong) – Ocean Recovery Alliance Visionary
Acceptance Speech at the United Nations of Marcos Diaz
Video of Stephen Redmond, 2012 Nominee
External links
- Man of the Year
- World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year
- World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year
- Open Water Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- I Do Not Know Yet What I Cannot Do
- Why I Swim
- 2012 World Open Water Swimming Offerings of the Year Nominations
- We Could Achieve - Stephen Redmond
- Oceans Seven Project, Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year Nominee
- Marathon Swimming
- WOW...Whatta Year Of Achievement
- The Contrasts Of Champions In The Open Water
- Moreno From Navia Humbly Gives Thanks
