Winners of the Swimrun Annual Awards 2022 announced!
About
The Swimrun Annual Awards is your chance to recognise the people and organisations who are making notable contributions to the success and growth of the sport.
For the 2022 awards, 5708 public votes were cast in 18 different categories to award:
- An OVERALL WINNER for the most number of votes.
- A HIGHLY COMMENDED for the second highest vote count (if there were over 5+ nominations, two highly commended awards were given).
An expert panel of judges acted as an independent body to award a:
- JUDGES CHOICE award.
Thank you to the judges (The Löw Tide Böyz, Fanny Kuhn, Nicolas Remires & Jon Littlewood) and to all who took the time to vote.
The 2022 Award Winners
Swimrun team of the year
OVERALL WINNER: Julia Moustakir & Aline Tavernier
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Hugo Tormento & Max Andersson
JUDGES CHOICE: Hugo Tormento & Max Andersson
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SHORTLISTED: Adriel Young & Amanda Nilsson I Kawika Tarayao & Marcus Barton I Adriel Young, Daniel Hansson, Johan Hasselmark & Kristin Larsson.
Swimrun individual/ solo of the year
OVERALL WINNER: Desirée Andersson
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Daniel Hofer
JUDGES CHOICE: Desirée Andersson
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SHORTLISTED: Allegra Bacco I Adrian Cameron I Chris Goodfellow.
Campaign or fundraiser of the year
OVERALL WINNER: Wild Swimrun
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Envol Swimrun‘s Youth Program
JUDGES CHOICE: Wild Swimrun
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SHORTLISTED: Monkey Sox, The Hardest Race You’ve Never Heard Of Video, Swimrun for Arc
Photographer of the year
OVERALL WINNER: Jean-Marie Gueye
HIGHLY COMMENDED: SBD Photography & Geoffrey Meuli
JUDGES CHOICE: Rasmus Lodenius
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SHORTLISTED: Pierre Mangez, James Street, Aaron Palaian
The maven award – for individual(s) who has widened participation, awareness and growth of the sport
OVERALL WINNER: The Löw Tide Böyz, Chris & Chipper
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Envol Swimrun, Nicolas Remires
JUDGES CHOICE: The Löw Tide Böyz, Chris & Chipper
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SHORTLISTED: John Ovenden Fenland Runner I The Adorkables, Trista Mennen & Amy Bush I Marcus Barton, Speedy Lizard
Swimrun race of the year
OVERALL WINNER: Aquaticrunner Individual World Championship
HIGHLY COMMENDED: ÖTILLÖ Swimrun World Championship & Swimrun Tâmega, Portugal
JUDGES CHOICE: ÖTILLÖ Swimrun World Championship
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SHORTLISTED: Ödyssey Swimrun Casco Bay Islands I SWIMRUNMAN Gorges du Verdon I Mad Hatter Hokey Cokey Roseland I EcoSwimRun Robertville I Rockman, Norway I ÖTILLÖ Final 15 I As Keen As Mustard Nene Park Swimrun
New swimrun race of the year
OVERALL WINNER: Swim Run Jersey
HIGHLY COMMENDED: One Water Race
JUDGES CHOICE: One Water Race
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SHORTLISTED: SWIMRUNMAN Vassivière I South East Swimrun Longside Lake I Sasamat Mudskipper Challenge
Swimrun race of the year (Europe)
OVERALL WINNER: ÖTILLÖ Swimrun Cannes
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Swimrun Hydra & LoveSwimrun Llanberis
JUDGES CHOICE: ÖTILLÖ Swimrun Cannes & FOLKHÄLSAN Swimrun
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SHORTLISTED: SuretoSure Swimrun I Swimrun Portugal Monsaraz I Backwaterman SwimRun I Boras Swimrun I ÖTILLÖ Swimrun Utö I SWIMRUNMAN Grands Lacs De Laffrey
Swimrun race of the year (Americas)
OVERALL WINNER: SwimRun Uruguay
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Mudskipper Parry Sound SwimRun Challenge & Mudskipper Nova Scotia SwimRun Challenge
JUDGES CHOICE: Ödyssey Swimrun Casco Bay
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SHORTLISTED: Ödyssey Swimrun Pace Bend Park Austin I Ödyssey Swimrun Mackinac Island I Ödyssey Swimrun Orcas Island I Swimrun NC I Swimrun Lake James I Human Powered Racing, SwimRun Victoria
Swimrun race of the year (Asia, Africa & Australia)
OVERALL WINNER: Swimrun La Réunion
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Burleigh Swim Run
JUDGES CHOICE: Swimrun La Réunion
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SHORTLISTED: Torpedo SwimRun Val de Vie I Marunuma Swimrun I Kyora Island Amami Swimrun
The grassroots award (for the race organiser who is encouraging new participation)
OVERALL WINNER: ÖTILLÖ Swimrun
HIGHLY COMMENDED: EcoRaceEvent
JUDGES CHOICE: As Keen As Mustard Events
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SHORTLISTED: South East Swimrun Series I Swimrun Hydra
Swimrun wetsuit of the year
OVERALL WINNER: Zone3 Swimrun Evolution Wetsuit
HIGHLY COMMENDED: HEAD Swimming The Aero Flex PRO & ARK Swimrun ORNÖ X
JUDGES CHOICE: ARK Swimrun Utö
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SHORTLISTED: ARK Swimrun Vigg I HEAD Swimming myBOOST PRO I Colting Wetsuits SWIMRUN SR03 I Orca Vanir Flex Swimrun Wetsuit I Blueseventy Alliance Swimrun I NU Complements ALLIGATOR SR Wetsuit
Swimrun shoe of the year
OVERALL WINNER: Inov-8 X-Talon G 210
HIGHLY COMMENDED: HOKA Tecton X & Adidas Terrex Speed Ultra
JUDGES CHOICE: Adidas Terrex Speed Ultra
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SHORTLISTED: VJ XTRM I Salomon S-LAB Amphib I Vivobarefoot ESC TEMPEST I Altra Mont-Blanc I Saucony Endorphin Edge I Icebug Acceleritas 8 RB9X I Vivobarefoot PRIMUS TRAIL III SG
Swimrun paddles of the year
OVERALL WINNER: Head Paddle
HIGHLY COMMENDED: ARK Carbon Paddle
JUDGES CHOICE: Frank Paddle
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SHORTLISTED: Strokemaker Paddle I ARK Blade Paddle
Swimrun pull buoy of the year
OVERALL WINNER: ARK Keel
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Orca Swimrun Pull Buoy
JUDGES CHOICE: ARK Keel
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SHORTLISTED: ARK Pontoon I Swimrunners Piraya I NU Orza Pull Buoy
Swimrun socks of the year
OVERALL WINNER: Monkey Sox
HIGHLY COMMENDED: La Sportiva Socks
JUDGES CHOICE: Gococo Socks & CEP Socks
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SHORTLISTED: Absolute360 Socks
Swimrun goggles of the year
OVERALL WINNER: Zoggs Predator Goggles
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Head Tiger Race Swimming Goggles
JUDGES CHOICE: Head Tiger Race Swimming Goggles
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SHORTLISTED: Mad Wave Swimming Goggles I Malmsten Swedish Goggles I Snake and Pig Goggles
Swimrun brand of the year (overall)
OVERALL WINNER: ARK Swimrun
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Head Swimming & ORCA
JUDGES CHOICE: ARK Swimrun
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SHORTLISTED: Vivobarefoot I Fenland Runner I Dryrobe I Gococo I Precision Hydration I Monkey Sox I Zone3
