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

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

Question: What non-Australian swimmers have won the award more than once, and in what years?
Answer: Kosuke Kitajima (Japan) was the first non-Australian swimmer to win the award more than once (in 2003, 2007, 2008, and 2010).