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Voting Academy
noun - The WOWSA Voting Academy consists of nominees of the WOWSA Awards since 2008 who are asked to identify, nominate, and vote upon nominees for WOWSA Awards in six categories.
WOWSA Awards Categories
- 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 Para Performance of the Year
- World Open Water Swimming Event of the Year
- World Open Water Swimming Product/Service of the Year
Members
As of January 2023, the members include:
1. Ram Barkai
2. Kathy Batts
3. Patti Bauernfeind McMurdie
4. Cameron Bellamy
5. Abhejali Bernardova
6. Bruckner Chase
7. Christie Ciraulo
8. Ned Denison
9. Andrea Fazio
10. Nino Fazio
11. José Ferreira
12. Pat Gallant-Charette
13. Pilar Geijo
14. Simon Griffiths
15. Trent Grimsey
16. Colin Hill
17. Catherine Kase
18. Tom Kean
19. Josef Köberl
20. Alex Kostich
21. Merle Liivand
22. Attila Mányoki
23. Joel Matos Ortiz
24. Sally Minty-Gravett
25. Jaimie Monahan
26. Lynton Mortensen
27. Randy Nutt
28. Mayra Santos
29. Susan Simmons
30. Petar Stoychev
31. Ryan Stramrood
32. Adherbal de Oliveira
33. Rostislav Vítek
34. Joseph Zemaitis
35. Benjamin Schulte
36. Victoria Mori
37. Stève Stievenart
38. Patrick Winkler
39. Paul Georgescu
40. Aby Ortega
41. Bárbara Hernández Huerta
42. John Zemaitis
43. Qing Li
44. Margarita Tita Llorens
45. Elaine Burrows Dillane
46. Mariel Hawley Dávila
47. Philip Yorke
48. Phil White
49. Fergil Hesterman
50. José Luis Larrosa
51. Nadia Ben Bahtane
52. Nora Toledano Cadena
53. María Fernanda Cotignolo
54. Mohamed Marouf
55. Jaime Lomelin
56. Rohan More
57. Nuala Moore
58. Angela Maurer
59. Kate Steels
60. Courtney Paulk
61. Hanna Bakuniak
62. Elaine Howley
63. Swann Oberson
64. Rene Martinez Saenz
65. James Harrison
66. Avram Iancu
67. Tracy Grilli
68. Colleen Blair MBE
69. Elizabeth Fry
70. Ray Gandy
71. Edoardo Stochino
72. Seti Afoa
73. Petar Stoychev
74. Shelley Taylor-Smith
75. Adam Walker
76. Julia Wittig
77. Elina Mäkinen
78. Jackie Cobell
79. Catherine Breed
80. Edith van Dijk, PhD
81. James Pittar
82. Boguslaw Ogrodnik
83. Glen Christiansen
84. Robert Placak
85. Tomi Stefanovski
86. Shannon Keegan
87. Dan Simonelli
88. Paul Asmuth
89. Mark Johnston
90. Sue Oldham
91. Jacques Tuset
92. Stuart Hamilton
93. Lucas Rivet
94. Rob Kent
95. Henri Kaarma
WOWSA Awards
The WOWSA Awards are presented by the World Open Water Swimming Association in the following categories:
- World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year since 2008
- World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year since 2008
- World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year since 2009
- World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year that has been changed to World Open Water Swimming Product or Service of the Year since 2012
- World Open Water Swimming Event of the Year since 2021
- World Open Water Swimming Para Performance of the Year since 2022
