Article: List of Swimming World Swimmers of the Year

Question: Who are the most successful men and women swimmers of the Open Water Swimmers of the Year?
Answer: 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).
Evidence table:
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

Question: In which years did Larisa Ilchenko win the Open Water Swimmers of the Year?
Answer: Larisa Ilchenko was the open water swimmer in the years 2006, 2007 and 2008.
Evidence table:
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

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).
Evidence table:
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