List of Swimming World Swimmers of the Year
Open Water Swimmers of the Year

List of Swimming World Swimmers of the Year

Section Title: Open Water Swimmers of the Year
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Year	Female Winner	Nationality	Male Winner	Nationality

2005	Edith van Dijk	Netherlands	Thomas Lurz Chip Peterson	Germany United States

2006	Larisa Ilchenko	Russia	Thomas Lurz	Germany

2007	Larisa Ilchenko	Russia	Vladimir Dyatchin	Russia

2008	Larisa Ilchenko	Russia	Maarten van der Weijden	Netherlands

2009	Keri-Anne Payne	United Kingdom	Thomas Lurz	Germany

2010	Martina Grimaldi	Italy	Valerio Cleri	Italy

2011	Keri-Anne Payne	United Kingdom	Thomas Lurz Spyridon Gianniotis	Germany Greece

2012	Éva Risztov	Hungary	Oussama Mellouli	Tunisia

2013	Poliana Okimoto	Brazil	Thomas Lurz	Germany

2014	Sharon van Rouwendaal	Netherlands	Andrew Gemmell	United States

2015	Aurélie Muller	France	Jordan Wilimovsky	United States

2016	Sharon van Rouwendaal	Netherlands	Ferry Weertman	Netherlands

2017	Aurélie Muller	France	Ferry Weertman	Netherlands

2018	Sharon van Rouwendaal	Netherlands	Kristof Rasovszky	Hungary

Sentence(s)

Thomas Lurz of Germany has won the Open Water Swimmers of the Year award five times, triumphing in 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011 and 2013, while Russia's Larisa Ilchenko has won three years in a row (2006–2008).

final_sentence: Thomas Lurz of Germany has won the Open Water Swimmers of the Year award five times, triumphing in 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011 and 2013, while Russia's Larisa Ilchenko has won three years in a row (2006–2008).