SwimSwam’s 2013 Swammy Awards have come to a close. Over the past two weeks, we’ve honored the best of the best in every category, recapturing the excitement and intensity that made 2013 memorable. Here’s an entire listing of 2013’s Swammy winners, complete with links to each individual award. Catch up on what you missed and leave your take on the award in the comments section!
- SwimSwam Buzz Award: Caeleb Dressel’s 18-second 50 free
- Australian Coach of the Year: Simon Cusack, who coached Cate Campbell and Christian Sprenger to World Champs gold
- Canadian Junior Coach of the Year: Sean Baker, Oakville Aquatic Club
- Canadian Senior Coach of the Year: Randy Bennett of Victoria Swim Academy
- European Coach of the Year: Jon Rudd, Plymouth Leander
- U.S. Coach of the Year: David Marsh, SwimMAC Carolina
- High School/Club Coach of the Year: John Flanagan, NCAP
- College Coach of the Year: Matt Kredich, University of Tennessee
- Industry Impact Award: FINIS and paralympian Mallory Weggemann agreeing to a major sponsorship deal
- Viral Video of the Year: UGA’s Harlem Shake
- Age Group Swimmers of the Year
- 10 and Under: Lillie Nordmann and Winn Aung
- 11-12: Grace Ariola and Andrew Trepanier
- 13-14: Cassidy Bayer and Michael Andrew
- 15-16: Katie Ledecky and Andrew Seliskar
- 17-18: Missy Franklin and Caeleb Dressel
- Club Team of the Year: SwimMAC Carolina
- Clutch Swim of the Year: Megan Romano on the 400 free relay at World Championships
- Canadian Swimmer of the Year: Hilary Caldwell
- Female African Swimmer of the Year: Farida Osman, Egypt
- Male African Swimmer of the Year: Chad le Clos, South Africa
- Female Asian Swimmer of the Year: Aya Terakawa, Japan
- Male Asian Swimmer of the Year: Sun Yang, China
- Female European Swimmer of the Year: Katinka Hosszu, Hungary
- Male European Swimmer of the Year: Vlad Morozov, Russia
- Female Latin American Swimmer of the Year: Poliana Okimoto, Brazil
- Male Latin American Swimmer of the Year: Cesar Cielo, Brazil
- Female Oceanic Swimmer of the Year: Cate Campbell, Australia
- Male Oceanic Swimmer of the Year: Christian Sprenger, Australia
- Female United States Swimmer of the Year: Katie Ledecky
- Male United States Swimmer of the Year: Ryan Lochte
- Female Open Water Swimmer of the Year: Poliana Okimoto, Brazil
- Male Open Water Swimmer of the Year: Thomas Lurz, Germany
- Person of the Year: Diana Nyad
- Hardcore Swim of the Year: Katie Ledecky’s World Record 1500 free at World Championships. View the entire top 10 swims of the year here.
- Female Swimmer of the Year: Katinka Hosszu, Hungary
- Male Swimmer of the Year: Chad le Clos, South Africa
Just saw the top ten hardcore swims of the year, and no Cate Campbell’s 52.33 and 52.34
Swimswam writers must have been sleeping.
To put you in perspective, Campbell’s 52.33 broke Kromowidjojo’s previoius textitle best of 52.75 by 0.42 seconds, which is 0.79%
Now let’s see other swims:
Ledecky’s 3:59.82 is an improvement of 1.31 secs from Muffat’s 4:01.13, which is 0.32%
Or Ledecky’s much vaunted 1500 free WR, which is an improvement of 0.63% from Ziegler’s WR.
And we know that many people even consider Ledecky’s 400 free or 1,500 free as the swim of the meet.
If we are talking about purely percentage improvement, Campbell swim should even at least be on par as Ledecky’s swims… Read more »