List of Swimming World Swimmers of the Year
Pacific Rim Swimmers of the Year

List of Swimming World Swimmers of the Year

Section Title: Pacific Rim Swimmers of the Year
Table Section Text: None

Year	Female Winner	Nationality	Male Winner	Nationality

1995	Susie O'Neill	Australia	Scott Miller	Australia

1996	Le Jingyi	China	Danyon Loader	New Zealand

1997	Samantha Riley	Australia	Michael Klim	Australia

1998	Susie O'Neill	Australia	Ian Thorpe	Australia

1999	Susie O'Neill	Australia	Ian Thorpe	Australia

2000	Susie O'Neill	Australia	Ian Thorpe	Australia

2001	Petria Thomas	Australia	Ian Thorpe	Australia

2002	Petria Thomas	Australia	Ian Thorpe	Australia

2003	Leisel Jones	Australia	Kosuke Kitajima	Japan

2004	Jodie Henry	Australia	Ian Thorpe	Australia

2005	Leisel Jones	Australia	Grant Hackett	Australia

2006	Leisel Jones	Australia	Park Tae-hwan	South Korea

2007	Libby Lenton	Australia	Kosuke Kitajima	Japan

2008	Stephanie Rice	Australia	Kosuke Kitajima	Japan

2009	Jessicah Schipper	Australia	Zhang Lin	China

2010	Alicia Coutts	Australia	Kosuke Kitajima	Japan

2011	Ye Shiwen	China	Sun Yang	China

2012	Ye Shiwen	China	Sun Yang	China

2013	Cate Campbell	Australia	Sun Yang	China

2014	Cate Campbell	Australia	Kosuke Hagino	Japan

2015	Emily Seebohm	Australia	Mitch Larkin	Australia

2016	Rie Kaneto	Japan	Kosuke Hagino	Japan

2017	Emily Seebohm	Australia	Sun Yang	China

2018	Cate Campbell	Australia	Sun Yang	China

Sentence(s)

Kosuke Kitajima (Japan) was the first non-Australian swimmer to win the award more than once (in 2003, 2007, 2008, and 2010).

final_sentence: Kosuke Kitajima (Japan) was the first non-Australian swimmer to win the award more than once (in 2003, 2007, 2008, and 2010).