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Winners of The Swimrun Annual Awards 2023 announced!

The Swimrun Annual Awards 2023 are a celebration of people, races and brands within the sport of swimrun as voted by the readers of swimrun.com. Thank you to everyone who took the time to vote and share, which was extremely tight in several categories. Here we announce the winners. For the 2023 awards, 11,148 public votes were cast in 17 different categories to award:

An OVERALL WINNER for the most number of votes.

A JUDGES CHOICE award selected by an independent expert panel.

HIGHLY COMMENDED for the second highest vote count (if there were over 5+ nominations, two highly commended awards were given).


OVERALL WINNER: Hugo Tormento & Max Andersson

JUDGES CHOICE: Amanda Nilsson

HIGHLY COMMENDEDClaire Vallence & Piers Vallence I Sabina Rapelli

Shortlisted: Marcus Barton I Nicolas Remires I One Water Race Team 2: Elizabeth Dornom, Glenn Wilkinson, Julian Dent & Rob Preston I Sophie Drofiak & Valerie Leroy


Swimrun ‘person’ of the year

For individual(s) who has widened participation, awareness and growth of the sport.

OVERALL WINNER: Nicolas Remires, ENVOL Swimrun & Valras Swimrun

JUDGES CHOICE: Amy Bush & Trista Mennen, Team Adorkable I Marcus Barton, ENVOL Swimrun & Rockman Swimrun

HIGHLY COMMENDEDSergio Moreira, Swimrun Tamega I Sabina Rapelli, ENVOL Swimrun

Shortlisted: Andre Slade, Swimrun Australia I Bruno Safara, Swimrun Portugal I Chris Douglas & Chipper Nicodemus, The Löw Tide Böyz I Dominik Leu & Christian Pirzer, ÖTILLÖ Swimrun I Mike Alexander, WESWIMRUN I Nicky Bailey & Jude Palmer, As Keen As Mustard Events & South East Swimrun Series

Photographer of the year

OVERALL WINNER: Jean-Marie Gueye

JUDGES CHOICE: Rasmus Lodenius

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Otto Norin I Rasmus Lodenius

Shortlisted: Aaron Palaian I Geoffrey Meuli I James Street I Paul Fowles I Pierre Mangez I Quentin Honoré I Unspotdesign Branding Desportivo

Swimrun race of the year

OVERALL WINNER: ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship, Sweden

JUDGES CHOICE: Rockman Swimrun, Norway

HIGHLY COMMENDED: One Water Race, Sweden I Rockman Swimrun, Norway

Shortlisted: Aquaticrunner Individual World Championship, Italy I BackwaterMan SwimRun, Austria I Mad Hatter Hokey Cokey Roseland, UK I Ödyssey Swimrun, Casco Bay Islands, USA I SWIMRUNMAN Gorges du Verdon, France I WESWIMRUN DyfiX Swimrun, UK

New swimrun race of the year

OVERALL WINNER: Swimrun Tróia, Portugal

JUDGES CHOICE: As Keen As Mustard Survivor, UK I Swimrun Valras, France

HIGHLY COMMENDED: EcoSwimRun Butgenbach, Belgium I Swimrun Valras, France

Shortlisted: Finnhamn Swimrun, Sweden I Mad Hatter Gribbin, UK I Southeast Swimrun Thames Young Mariners, UK I Swimrun Coniston, UK I Sydney North Swimrun, Australia

Swimrun race of the year (Europe)

OVERALL WINNER: Swimrun Tamega, Portugal

JUDGES CHOICE: Troll Enez Swimrun, France

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Love SwimRun Llanberis, UK I EcoSwimRun Robertville, Belgium

Shortlisted: As Keen As Mustard Nene Park, UK I Borås Swimrun, Sweden I Immeln Swimrun, Sweden I Juniskar Swimrun, Sweden I Korrigeri Biarritz Swimrun, France I Mad Hatter St Austell Bay, UK I ÖTILLÖ Swimrun Cannes, France I ÖTILLÖ Swimrun Engadin, Switzerland I ÖTILLÖ Swimrun Gothenberg, Sweden I SwimRun Cote d’Azur, France I Swimrun eDreams by – Cap de Creus, Spain I Swimrun Madeira, Portugal I Swimrun Hydra, Greece I SwimRun Rheinsberg, Germany I Västerås Swimrun, Sweden I Zêzere Swimrun, Portugal

Swimrun race of the year (Americas)

OVERALL WINNER: Ödyssey Swimrun Orcas Island, USA (now ÖTILLÖ Swimrun)

JUDGES CHOICE: Ödyssey Swimrun Orcas Island, USA (now ÖTILLÖ Swimrun)

HIGHLY COMMENDED: SwimRun Edmonton, Canada I Ödyssey Swimrun Austin, USA (now ÖTILLÖ Swimrun)

Shortlisted: Ödyssey Swimrun Mackinac, USA (now ÖTILLÖ Swimrun) I Parry Sound Mudskipper SwimRun Challenge, Canada I Sasamat Fresh and Salty Mudskipper SwimRun Challenge, Canada I Swimrun Brasil, Brazil I SwimRun Lake James, USA I SwimRun Maryland, USA I Swimrun Uruguay, Uruguay

Swimrun race of the year (Asia, Africa & Australia)

OVERALL WINNER: Sydney East Swimrun, Australia

JUDGES CHOICE: Torpedo Swimrun, South Africa

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Swimrun Réunion, Réunion Island

Shortlisted: Bali Hope Swimrun, Bali I Marunuma Swimrun, Japan

The grassroots award

For the race organiser or promoter who is encouraging new participation.

OVERALL WINNER: ÖTILLÖ Swimrun, Global

JUDGES CHOICE: As Keen As Mustard Events, UK

HIGHLY COMMENDED: As Keen As Mustard Events, UK I WESWIMRUN, UK

Shortlisted: Folsom Swim Run, USA I Juniskär Swimrun, Sweden I My SwimRun Championships, Global I Sjöloppet Swimrun, Sweden I South East Swimrun Series, UK I Swimruncupen Stockholm, Sweden I Wild Swimrun, Global

The environmental award

For the race organiser promoting sustainability.

OVERALL WINNER: LoveSwimrun, UK

JUDGES CHOICE: One Water Race, Sweden

HIGHLY COMMENDED: One Water Race, Sweden I Swimrun Tamega, Portugal

Shortlisted: Bali Hope Swimrun, Bali I EcoSwimRun, Belgium I Immeln Swimrun, Sweden I Korrigeri Biarritz Swimrun, France I SuretoSure Swimrun, Luxembourg I Swimrun Australia, Australia I Swimrun Portugal, Portugal

OVERALL WINNER: ARK Swimrun ORNÖ X

JUDGES CHOICE: ARK Swimrun Utö

HIGHLY COMMENDED: ARK Swimrun Utö I Zone3 Swimrun Evolution Wetsuit

Shortlisted: ARK Swimrun Vigg Air I HEAD Swimming myBOOST PRO I HEAD Swimming The Aero Flex PRO I Orca Aesir Swimrun Wetsuit I Orca Vanir Swimrun Wetsuit I Colting Wetsuits SWIMRUN SR03 I NU Complements ALLIGATOR SR Wetsuit

OVERALL WINNER: Adidas Terrex Speed Ultra

JUDGES CHOICE: Adidas Terrex Speed Ultra

HIGHLY COMMENDED: HOKA Tecton X I Salomon S-LAB Amphib

Shortlisted: Altra Mont-Blanc I Arcteryx Norvan SL3 I Inov-8 X-Talon G 210 I Salming Elements I Vivobarefoot Hydra ESC I VJ XTRM I VJ IROCK

OVERALL WINNER: ARK Carbon Blades

JUDGES CHOICE: Evolvent Carbon Paddles

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Evolvent Carbon Paddles I ARK Blades

Shortlisted: ARK Carbon Rocket Blades I Head Flat Paddle I Frank Paddle I Mad Wave Ergo Paddle I Strokemakers Paddle I Swimrunners Paddles I TYR Catalyst Paddles

OVERALL WINNER: ARK Keel (M)

JUDGES CHOICE: ARK Keel +

HIGHLY COMMENDED: ARK Keel + I Swimrunners Piraya

Shortlisted: ARK Pontoon I Nabaiji Swimrun Pull Buoy I NU Swimrun Orza Pull Buoy I NU Swimrun Orza Plus Pull Buoy I Orca Swimrun Pull Buoy I Swimrunners Super Croc

OVERALL WINNER: Gococo Socks

JUDGES CHOICE: Gococo Socks

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Monkey Sox I ARK Sports Socks

Shortlisted: Absolute360 Socks I CEP Socks I Compressport Socks I La Sportiva Socks I Swiftwick ASPIRE Socks I Up Hill Sport Socks

OVERALL WINNER: Zoggs Predator Goggles

JUDGES CHOICE: ARK Swim Goggles LTD

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Orca Killa 180 I Speedo Futura Goggles

Shortlisted: Aquasphere KAYENNE I Arena Goggles I Colting Goggles OW I Mad Wave Swimming Goggles I Roka R1 Goggles I Zoggs Tiger Goggles

OVERALL WINNER: ARK Sports

JUDGES CHOICE: ARK Sports

HIGHLY COMMENDED: HEAD I Orca

Shortlisted: Dryrobe I Fenland Runner I NU Complements I Precision Fuel & Hydration I Swijin I Vivobarefoot I Zone3

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Fred Newton

Fred is the Editor and co-founder of swimrun.com. He has actively been involved with the sport of swimrun as an enthusiastic participant, race director, volunteer and journalist.

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