International

2022 Swammy Awards: 2022 Female Swimmer of the Year – Katie Ledecky, USA

The 2022 Female Swimmer of the Year Swammy goes to Katie Ledecky out of the United States.

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All of the World Records Set in 2022

The swimming world could have easily experienced a post-Olympic hangover this year, but we saw even more world records broken in 2022 compared to last year.

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National, Age Records Go Down At Turkish Winter Championships

Berke Saka of Turkey lowered the national record in the event while competing at the Turkish Long Course Championships last month.

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2022 Swammy Awards: Asian Coach Of The Year – Jeon Dong-Hyun (KOR)

For the first time in the history of our annual Swammy Awards, a leader from Korea has been named the Asian Coach of the Year.

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2022 Swammy Awards: Male Swimmer Of The Year, David Popovici

There were several male swimmers that won gold medals and broke world records in 2022, but none of them had the same “wow” factor as David Popovici.

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2022 Swammy Awards: Top 10 Swims of the Year

David Popovici’s world record swim of 46.86 in the men’s 100 freestyle at the European Championships undoubtedly the top swim of 2022.

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Top 8 Venues: “Where A Swimming Pool Can Blossom”

The 2016 Short Course World Championships in Windsor, Canada took place at the WFCU Centre, primarily used as an ice hockey arena.

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2022 Swammy Awards: Oceanian Coach of the Year – Dean Boxall

Dean Boxall’s swimmers continued to pile up breakout performances in 2022, earning him Oceanian Coach of the Year for the third time in the past four years. 

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Madi Wilson Gets COVID 4 Times, Sets 5 World Records, All in 2022

Wilson posted a year in review, also saying that she visited nine countries, won 14 international medals, and started a business, all in one year.

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2022 Swammy Awards: Female Breakout Swimmer Of The Year – Marrit Steenbergen

22-year-old Marrit Steenbergen of the Netherlands is the 2022 Swammy Award winner for Female Breakout Swimmer of the year.

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2022 Swammy Awards: British Coach of the Year – Dave Hemmings

The lead man at the Loughborough National Centre, Hemmings led the likes of James Wilby, Abbie Wood and Molly Renshaw to successful years.

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Belarusian Olympic Medalist Herasimenia: “George Orwell’s ‘1984’ Is Our Reality Now”

Three-time Olympic medalist Aliaksandra Herasimenia will soon be without a Belarusian passport, so she’s applying for international protection in Poland.

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2022 Swammy Awards: European Coach of the Year – Alberto Pinto da Silva

In his first full year leading the Portuguese National Team, Alberto Pinto da Silva worked some magic with his group training on the outskirts of Lisbon.

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Elite Swimmers Are Getting Older and Peaking Later – Or Are They?

At 42, Brazilian Nicholas Santos won gold in the men’s 50 butterfly at the 2022 Short Course World Championships.

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How Ruta Meilutyte Went From Finals DQ to World Record & World Title

The 2012 Olympic champion goes deep into how getting DQ’ed in the 100 Breast was a wake-up call for why she was even competing again in the first place

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