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 YearMale winner(s)Female winner(s)1994 Peter Blake Robin Knox-Johnston Theresa Zabell1995 Russell Coutts Isabelle Autissier1996 Jochen Schümann Lee Lai Shan1997 Pete Goss Ruslana Taran Elena Pakholchik1998 Ben Ainslie Carolijn Brouwer1999 Mateusz Kusznierewicz Margriet Matthijsse2000 Mark Reynolds Magnus Liljedahl Shirley Robertson2001 Robert Scheidt Ellen MacArthur2002 Ben Ainslie Sofia Bekatorou Emilia Tsoulfa2003 Russell Coutts Siren Sundby2004 Robert Scheidt Sofia Bekatorou Emilia Tsoulfa2005 Fernando Echavarri Anton Paz Ellen MacArthur2006 Mike Sanderson Paige Railey2007 Ed Baird Claire Leroy2008 Ben Ainslie Alessandra Sensini2009 Torben Grael Anna Tunnicliffe2010 Tom Slingsby Blanca Manchon2011 Iker Martínez Xabier Fernández Anna Tunnicliffe2012 Ben Ainslie Xu Lijia2013 Mathew Belcher Jo Aleh Polly Powrie2014 James Spithill Martine Grael Kahena Kunze2015 Peter Burling Blair Tuke Sarah Ayton2016 Santiago Lange Hannah Mills Saskia Clark2017 Peter Burling Marit Bouwmeester2018 Pavlos Kontides Carolijn Brouwer Marie Riou2019 Marco Gradoni Anne-Marie Rindom2020not assigned2021 Tom Slingsby Hannah Mills Eilidh McIntyre2022 Ruggero Tita Caterina Banti2023 Tom Slingsby Kirsten Neuschäfer2024 Diego Botin Florian Trittel Marit Bouwmeester2025 Charlie Dalin Justine Mettraux
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