World Sailor of the Year Awards

The World Sailor of the Year Awards were launched in 1994 by World Sailing (formerly the International Sailing Federation) to reward individual sailors for outstanding achievements in the sport. The awards have been sponsored by Rolex since 2001.

List of winners

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Year Male winner(s) Female winner(s)
1994   Peter Blake
  Robin Knox-Johnston
  Theresa Zabell
1995   Russell Coutts   Isabelle Autissier
1996   Jochen Schümann   Lee Lai Shan
1997   Pete Goss   Ruslana Taran
  Elena Pakholchik
1998   Ben Ainslie   Carolijn Brouwer
1999   Mateusz Kusznierewicz   Margriet Matthijsse
2000   Mark Reynolds
  Magnus Liljedahl
  Shirley Robertson
2001   Robert Scheidt   Ellen MacArthur
2002   Ben Ainslie   Sofia Bekatorou
  Emilia Tsoulfa
2003   Russell Coutts   Siren Sundby
2004   Robert Scheidt   Sofia Bekatorou
  Emilia Tsoulfa
2005   Fernando Echavarri
  Anton Paz
  Ellen MacArthur
2006   Mike Sanderson   Paige Railey
2007   Ed Baird   Claire Leroy
2008   Ben Ainslie   Alessandra Sensini
2009   Torben Grael   Anna Tunnicliffe
2010   Tom Slingsby   Blanca Manchon
2011   Iker Martínez
  Xabier Fernández
  Anna Tunnicliffe
2012   Ben Ainslie   Xu Lijia
2013   Mathew Belcher   Jo Aleh
  Polly Powrie
2014   James Spithill   Martine Grael
  Kahena Kunze
2015   Peter Burling
  Blair Tuke
  Sarah Ayton
2016   Santiago Lange   Hannah Mills
  Saskia Clark
2017   Peter Burling   Marit Bouwmeester
2018   Pavlos Kontides   Carolijn Brouwer
  Marie Riou
2019   Marco Gradoni   Anne-Marie Rindom
2020 not assigned
2021   Tom Slingsby   Hannah Mills
  Eilidh McIntyre
2022   Ruggero Tita   Caterina Banti
2023   Tom Slingsby   Kirsten Neuschäfer
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