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which recognizes and honors the accomplishments of swimmers who represented the

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, that is USA Swimming National Team members, over the last year. The awards were established in 2004 with the first awards ceremony held in November of the same year in

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. There are eight main categories: Breakout Performer of the Year,

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, Perseverance Award, Relay Performance of the Year, Male Race of the Year, Female Race of the Year, Male

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, and Female Athlete of the Year."Golden Goggle Awards"
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''. Retrieved September 24, 2021. Nominees in each category are announced in advance of the awards ceremony and recipients of each award are revealed at the ceremony itself."2018 Golden Goggle Award Nominees"
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''. September 26, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2021. Winners for each award are determined by a selection panel and fan votes."Lochte, Franklin win Golden Goggle awards"
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Ceremony locations

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, New York City * 2006:

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* 2007:

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, Beverly Hills, California * 2008:

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, New York City"Michael Phelps, Natalie Coughlin Win Top Honors at the USA Swimming Foundations Golden Goggle Awards"
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''. November 17, 2008. Retrieved October 10, 2021. * 2009: The Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills, California * 2010: New York City * 2011:

* 2012:

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, New York City"Michael Phelps, Missy Franklin Win Athletes of the Year at Golden Goggles"
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''. November 19, 2012. Retrieved October 10, 2021. * 2013: JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Los Angeles * 2014: New York City * 2015: Los Angeles * 2016: New York City * 2017: Los AngelesBrien, Taylor (November 19, 2017)
"2017 Golden Goggles Coverage"
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''. Retrieved October 10, 2021. * 2018: New York City * 2019: Los Angeles * 2020: VirtualKeith, Braden (September 9, 2020)
"USA Swimming's Virtual 2020 Golden Goggles Will Honor 1980 Olympic Team"
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"USA Swimming's Golden Goggles Awards Heads To Miami On December 7"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved October 10, 2021."Olympic Stars Headline USA Swimming Golden Goggle Awards Nominees"
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''. October 13, 2021. Retrieved October 15, 2021. * 2022:

, New York City (host:

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)"2022 Golden Goggles: Official Program"
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"2022 Golden Goggles Awards , Full Show"
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Female Athlete of the Year

*2004:

Natalie Coughlin Natalie Anne Coughlin Hall (born August 23, 1982) is an American former competition swimmer and twelve-time Olympic medalist. While attending the University of California, Berkeley, she became the first woman ever to swim the 100-meter backstro ...

*2005:

Katie Hoff Kathryn Elise Hoff (born June 3, 1989) is a former American competitive swimmer, she is an Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder. Hoff was known for her success in the 200-meter and 400-meter individual medley. She represented the Un ...

*2006: Katie Hoff *2007: Katie Hoff *2008: Natalie Coughlin *2009:

Rebecca Soni Rebecca Soni (born March 18, 1987) is an American former competition swimmer and breaststroke specialist who is a six-time Olympic medalist. She is a former world record-holder in the 100-meter breaststroke (short and long course) and the 200- ...

*2010: Rebecca Soni"Soni Named USA Swimming's Female Athlete Of The Year"
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''. November 23, 2010. Retrieved October 2, 2021. *2011:

Missy Franklin Melissa Franklin Johnson (born May 10, 1995) is an American former competition swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist. She formerly held the world record in the 200-meter backstroke (long course). As a member of the U.S. national swim team ...

*2012: Missy FranklinWilson, Jenny (November 19, 2012)
"Golden Goggles: Award Winners"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved October 2, 2021. *2013: Katie Ledecky *2014: Katie Ledecky *2015: Katie Ledecky"Ledecky wins 3 trophies; Phelps earns 1 at Golden Goggles"
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''. November 23, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2021. *2016: Katie Ledecky *2017: Katie Ledecky *2018: Katie Ledecky"Katie Ledecky and Ryan Murphy win Golden Goggles awards"
'' Olympics.com''. November 20, 2018. Retrieved September 24, 2021. *2019: Simone Manuel *2020: Not awarded due to the

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*2021: Katie Ledecky *2022: Katie Ledecky

Male Athlete of the Year

*2004:

Michael Phelps Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30, 1985) is an American former competitive swimmer. He is the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time with a total of 28 medals. Phelps also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold med ...

*2005:

Aaron Peirsol Aaron Wells Peirsol (born July 23, 1983) is an American former competition swimmer and backstroke specialist who is a former world champion and world record-holder. He is a three-time Olympian and seven-time Olympic medalist (five gold, two si ...

"Men's Swimming cleans up at second annual Golden Goggle Awards"
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''. November 15, 2005. Retrieved October 10, 2021. *2006:

Brendan Hansen Brendan Joseph Hansen (born August 15, 1981) is an American former competition swimmer who specialized in breaststroke events. Hansen is a six-time Olympic medalist, and is also a former world record-holder in both the 100-meter and 200-meter ...

*2007: Michael Phelps"Golden Goggles Event Honors Top American Swimmers"
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''. November 19, 2007. Retrieved October 10, 2021. *2008: Michael Phelps *2009: Ryan Lochte"Ryan Lochte, Rebecca Soni Win Top Honors at the USA Swimming Foundation Golden Goggle Awards"
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''. November 23, 2009. Retrieved October 2, 2021. *2010: Ryan LochteKeith, Braden (November 23, 2010)
"And The Award Goes To… Recapping The 2010 Golden Goggles"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved October 2, 2021. *2011: Ryan Lochte *2012: Michael Phelps *2013: Ryan Lochte *2014: Michael Phelps"Phelps wins Golden Goggle as Male Athlete of Year"
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''. November 24, 2014. Retrieved September 24, 2021. *2015: Michael Phelps *2016: Michael Phelps"Michael Phelps, Katie Ledecky lead Golden Goggle winners"
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''. November 22, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2021. *2017:

Caeleb Dressel Caeleb Remel Dressel (born August 16, 1996) is an American professional swimmer who specializes in freestyle, butterfly, and individual medley events. He swims representing the Cali Condors as part of the International Swimming League. He won ...

*2018: Ryan MurphyRoss, Andy (November 19, 2018)
"2018 Golden Goggles: Katie Ledecky, Ryan Murphy Win Athlete of the Year Awards"
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''. Retrieved September 24, 2021. *2019: Caeleb Dressel *2020: Not awarded due to the

*2021: Caeleb Dressel *2022: Bobby Finke

Breakout Performer of the Year

*2004:

Larsen Jensen Larsen Alan Jensen (born September 1, 1985) is an American former competition swimmer and a two-time Olympic medalist. Career At the 2003 World Championships, Jensen earned a silver medal in the 800-meter freestyle, his first medal at the int ...

*2005:

Jessica Hardy Jessica Adele Hardy Meichtry (born March 12, 1987) is an American competitive swimmer who specializes in breaststroke and freestyle events. Hardy earned a bronze medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle and a gold medal in the 4×100-meter medley r ...

*2006:

Cullen Jones Cullen Andrew Jones (born February 29, 1984) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist who specializes in Freestyle swimming, freestyle sprint events. As part of the American team, he holds the List of world records in ...

"USA Honors Its Elite at Golden Goggles"
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''. November 20, 2006. Retrieved October 10, 2021. *2007:

Ben Wildman-Tobriner Benjamin Marshall Wildman-Tobriner (born September 21, 1984) is an American competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder. Early life Wildman-Tobriner was born in San Francisco to Michael Tobriner and Stephanie Wil ...

*2008:

*2009:

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*2011: Alex Meyer *2012: Katie Ledecky *2013:

Chase Kalisz ] Chase Tyler Kalisz ( ; born March 7, 1994) is an American Swimming (sport), swimmer who specializes in individual medley events. He is an Olympic gold medalist in the 400-meter individual medley at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, an Olympi ...

"And The Winners Are… 2013 Golden Goggle Awards Outcomes"
'' SwimSwam''. November 24, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2021."Kalisz, Vreeland, Romano Earn Golden Goggles"
'' Georgia Bulldogs''. November 26, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2021. *2014:

Maya DiRado Madeline Jane "Maya" DiRado - Andrews (born April 5, 1993) is a retired American competitive swimming (sport), swimmer who specialized in freestyle swimming, freestyle, butterfly stroke, butterfly, backstroke, and medley swimming, individual med ...

Marsteller, Jason (November 24, 2014)
"Big Winners In New York at Golden Goggles"
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Jordan Wilimovsky Jordan Matthew Wilimovsky (born April 22, 1994) is an American competitive swimmer who specializes in open water swimming. At the 2015 World Championships in Kazan, Russia, Wilimovsky won the gold medal in the 10 km open water event. Wilimovs ...

*2016:

Lilly King Lillia Camille King (born February 10, 1997) is an American swimmer who specializes in breaststroke. She currently represents the Cali Condors, a team that is part of the International Swimming League. At the 2016 Summer Olympics she won the ...

"Phelps and Ledecky top winners at Golden Goggle Awards"
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Mallory Comerford Mallory Comerford (born September 6, 1997) is an American competitive swimmer specializing in freestyle events. Comerford was the winner of five gold medals at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. She won USA Swimming's Golden Goggle Award ...

Anderson, Jared (November 20, 2017)
"Full 2017-2018 Golden Goggles Winners List"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved September 24, 2021. *2018: Michael Andrew *2019: Regan Smith *2020: Not awarded due to the

*2021:

Lydia Jacoby Lydia Alice Jacoby (born February 29, 2004) is an American professional swimmer. She was the first Alaskan to qualify for an Olympic Games in swimming, competing at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 2021, where she won the gold medal in the ...

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"2021 Golden Goggle Award Winners"
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Leah Hayes Leah Hayes (born October 21, 2005) is an American swimmer, currently swimming for the Illinois-based team Fox Valley Park District Riptides. She is a 200 m individual medley and 400 m individual medley Champion in 2023 World Junior Championsh ...

Coach of the Year

*2004: Bob Bowman *2005:

Eddie Reese Edwin Charles Reese (born July 23, 1941) is an American college and Olympic swimming coach, and a former college swimmer. Reese serves as the head coach of the Texas Longhorns men's swimming and diving team that represents the University of Texa ...

*2006: Eddie Reese *2007: Bob Bowman *2008: Bob Bowman *2009: Eddie Reese *2010:

Gregg Troy Gregg Troy (born December 19, 1950) is an American professional and Olympic swimming coach. As of April 2021, he is the head coach for the Cali Condors, which is part of the International Swimming League. Until 2018, he was the head coach of the ...

*2011: Gregg Troy *2012: Bob Bowman *2013: Bruce Gemmell *2014: Bruce Gemmell *2015: Bruce Gemmell *2016: Dave DurdenKeith, Braden (November 21, 2016)
"2016 USA Swimming Golden Goggles Awards: Live Recap"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved September 24, 2021. *2017: Greg Meehan *2018: Greg Meehan *2019: Mike Parratto *2020: Not awarded due to the

*2021: Gregg Troy *2022:

Anthony Nesty Anthony Conrad Nesty (born November 25, 1967) is a former competition swimmer from Suriname who was an Olympic gold medallist in the 100-metre butterfly event in 1988. He is currently the head coach of the Florida Gators men's and women's swim ...

Perseverance Award

*2004:

Kaitlin Sandeno Kaitlin Shea Sandeno (born March 13, 1983) is an American former competition swimmer who is an Olympic gold medalist, world champion and former world record-holder. Sandeno was a member of the American team that set a new world record in the 4� ...

*2005:

*2006:

Erik Vendt Erik K. Vendt (born January 9, 1981) is an American former competition swimmer. He won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 400-meter individual medley. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Vendt won a gold me ...

*2007: Ryan Lochte *2008:

Eric Shanteau Eric Lee Shanteau (born October 1, 1983) is an American former competition swimmer who won two gold medals as a member of winning United States relay teams at the World Championships. He was a member of the 2008 and 2012 U.S. Olympic teams, and ...

"Michael Phelps wins 3 Golden Goggle Awards"
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''. November 18, 2008. Retrieved October 10, 2021. *2009:

Dana Vollmer Dana Whitney Vollmer (born November 13, 1987) is a former American competition swimmer, five-time Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal as a member of the winning United States ...

*2010: Kate Ziegler *2011:

Peter Vanderkaay Peter William Vanderkaay (born February 12, 1984) is an American former competition swimmer who specialized in middle-distance freestyle events and is a four-time Olympic medalist. He was a member of the United States Olympic team in 2004, 2008, ...

*2012:

*2013: Megan Romano *2014:

Haley Anderson Haley Danita Anderson (born November 20, 1991) is an American competitive swimmer who is an Olympic silver medalist. She placed second in the 10-kilometer open water event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Personal Anderson's older sister, Alyssa ...

and

Andrew Gemmell Andrew Douglas Gemmell (born February 20, 1991) is an American competition swimmer who specialized in long-distance freestyle events. He swam for the University of Georgia, helping then to place 5th in the NCAA in 2014, and was a member of the ...

*2015: Allison Schmitt *2016:

Anthony Ervin Anthony Lee Ervin (born May 26, 1981) is an American competition swimmer who has won four Olympic medals and two World Championship golds. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the men's 50-meter freestyle, and earned a silver med ...

*2017:

Matt Grevers Matthew Grevers (born March 26, 1985) is an American competition swimmer who competes in the backstroke and freestyle events, and is a six-time Olympic medalist. He has won a total of thirty-three medals in major international competition, four ...

*2018:

Micah Sumrall Micah Sumrall ( Lawrence, born July 20, 1990) is an American competition swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke. She was a member of the 2012 United States Olympic team, and finished sixth in the world in the 200-meter breaststroke even ...

*2019:

Nathan Adrian Nathan Ghar-jun Adrian (born December 7, 1988) is an American competitive swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist who formerly held the American record in the long course 50-meter freestyle event. In his Olympic debut at the 2008 Summer O ...

"Dressel, Manuel win athlete of year honors at Golden Goggles"
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''. November 24, 2019. Retrieved September 24, 2021. *2020: Not awarded due to the

*2021: Annie Lazor *2022: Leah Smith

Relay Performance of the Year

*2004: Women's 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay at

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Whitney Myers Whitney Myers Burnett (born September 8, 1984) is an American former competition swimmer. She swam for the University of Arizona. She won a gold medal at the 2006 Pan-Pacific championships in Victoria, British Columbia, in the 200-meter indivi ...

) *2006: Men's 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay at Pan Pacific Championships (

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Jason Lezak Jason Edward Lezak (born November 12, 1975) is an American former competitive swimmer and swimming executive. As a swimmer, Lezak specialized in the 50-meter and 100-meter freestyle races. His pro career lasted for nearly fifteen years, spannin ...

) *2007: Men's 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay at

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, Ryan Lochte,

Klete Keller Klete Derik Keller (born March 21, 1982) is an American convicted felon and former competitive swimmer. Before retiring from swimming in 2008, Keller won five Olympic medals, including two golds, at the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Summer Olympics in ...

) *2008: Men's 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay at

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Garrett Weber-Gale Garrett Weber-Gale (born August 6, 1985) is an American competition swimmer, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and world record-holder in two events. Early life Weber-Gale is Jewish, and was born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. He graduated from Nic ...

) *2009: Men's 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay at

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, Ryan Lochte,

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) *2011: Women's 4 × 100 meter medley relay at

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) *2012: Women's 4 × 100 meter medley relay at

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, Allison Schmitt) *2013: Women's 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay at

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, Shannon Vreeland, Megan Romano) *2014: Women's 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay at

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, Leah Smith, Katie Ledecky) *2015: Women's 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay at

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, Leah Smith,

Katie McLaughlin Kathryn "Katie" McLaughlin (born June 9, 1997) is an American competition swimmer who specializes in butterfly and freestyle events. McLaughlin has represented the United States in international competition at the FINA world championships and ...

, Katie Ledecky) *2016: Men's 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay at

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Ryan Held Ryan Held (born June 27, 1995) is an American freestyle swimmer who specializes in the sprint events, and is currently sponsored by Arena. He holds the U.S. Open record in the long course 100 meter freestyle and three world records in short co ...

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"Adrian, 4x100 free win Relay Performance of the Year at Golden Goggles"
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Kathleen Baker Kathleen Baker (born February 28, 1997) is an American competition swimming (sport), swimmer who specializes in freestyle swimming, freestyle and backstroke swimming, backstroke events. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal in the Sw ...

Kelsi Worrell Kelsi Worrell Dahlia ( Worrell; born July 15, 1994) is a former American competitive swimmer specializing in butterfly and freestyle events. At the 2018 World Championships, Dahlia won nine total medals of which seven were gold medals. She qua ...

, Simone Manuel) *2018: Men's 4 × 100 meter medley relay at

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( Regan Smith,

, Kelsi Dahlia, Simone Manuel) *2020: Not awarded due to the

*2021: Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at

( Ryan Murphy, Michael Andrew,

Zach Apple Zachary "Zach" Douglas Apple (born April 23, 1997) is an American competitive swimmer who specializes in the sprint freestyle events. He currently swims for DC Trident in the International Swimming League. He won his first Olympic gold medal in t ...

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( Claire Weinstein, Leah Smith, Katie Ledecky,

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Female Race of the Year

*2004:

Amanda Beard Amanda Ray Beard (born October 29, 1981), also known by her married name Amanda Brown, is an American swimmer and a seven-time Olympic medalist (two gold, four silver, one bronze). She is a former world record holder in the 200-meter breaststro ...

for 200 meter breaststroke at Olympic Games"First "Golden Goggles" A Smashing Success! Affair Featured Entire 2004 US Olympic Team"
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for 200 meter individual medley at Pan Pacific Championships *2007: Kate Ziegler for 1500 meter freestyle at TYR Meet of Champions *2008:

for 200 meter breaststroke at Olympic Games *2009: Ariana Kukors for 200 meter individual medley at World Championships *2010: Rebecca Soni for 200 meter breaststroke at Pan Pacific Championships *2011:

for 200 meter backstroke at 2011 World Aquatics Championships *2012: Katie Ledecky for 800 meter freestyle at Olympic Games *2013: Katie Ledecky for 1500 meter freestyle at World Championships *2014: Katie Ledecky for 1500 meter freestyle at Pan Pacific Championships *2015: Katie Ledecky for 200 meter freestyle at World Championships *2016: Simone Manuel for 100 meter freestyle at Olympic Games *2017:

for 100 meter breaststroke at World Championships *2018:

for 100 meter backstroke at the 2018 Phillips 66 National Championships *2019: Regan Smith for 200 meter backstroke at World Championships *2020: Not awarded due to the

*2021:

for 100 meter breaststroke at Olympic Games *2022: Katie Ledecky for 800 meter freestyle at World Championships

Male Race of the Year

*2004:

for 100 meter butterfly at Olympic Games *2005:

Ian Crocker Ian Lowell Crocker (born August 31, 1982) is an American former competition swimmer, five-time Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder. During his career, he set world records in the 50- and 100-meter butterfly (long course and short ...

for 100 meter butterfly at World Championships"Olympian Ian Crocker Visits Salvation Army's Camp Sebago"
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''. July 11, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2021. *2006: Michael Phelps for 200 meter individual medley at Pan Pacific Championships *2007: Michael Phelps for 200 meter butterfly at World Championships *2008: Michael Phelps for 100 meter butterfly at Olympic Games *2009: Michael Phelps for 100 meter butterfly at World Championships *2010: Ryan Lochte for 200 meter individual medley at Pan Pacific Championships *2011: Ryan Lochte for 200 meter individual medley at World Championships *2012: Nathan Adrian for 100 meter freestyle at Olympic Games *2013: Ryan Lochte for 200 meter individual medley at World Championships *2014: Connor Jaeger for 1500 meter freestyle at Pan Pacific Championships *2015:

for 10 km at World Championships *2016: Michael Phelps for 200 meter butterfly at Olympic Games *2017:

for 100 meter butterfly at World Championships *2018: Ryan Murphy for 100 meter backstroke at Pan Pacific Championships *2019: Caeleb Dressel for 100 meter butterfly at World Championships *2020: Not awarded due to the

*2021: Bobby Finke for 800 meter freestyle at Olympic Games *2022: Bobby Finke for 800 meter freestyle at World Championships

Impact Award

*2004: Dick Ebersol *2008:

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(NCAA)"USA Swimming to Honor NCAA with Impact Award at Golden Goggles"
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*2021: Cecil Gordon and Bob Vincent"Katie Ledecky, Caeleb Dressel Named Athletes of the Year at 2021 Golden Goggle Awards"
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Athlete Humanitarian Award

*2012:

Team Leadership & Inspiration Award

*2016:

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Weitzel, Layne (November 22, 2016)
"Dressel and Beisel Take Home Golden Goggle Awards"
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Honorary Award

* 2020: 1980 US Olympic Swim Team and "front-line workers keeping Americans safe"D'Addona, Dan (September 9, 2020)
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References

{{reflist Swimming awards American sports trophies and awards Swimming in the United States

Ceremony locations

Female Athlete of the Year

Male Athlete of the Year

Breakout Performer of the Year

Coach of the Year

Perseverance Award

Relay Performance of the Year

Female Race of the Year

Male Race of the Year

Impact Award

Athlete Humanitarian Award

Team Leadership & Inspiration Award

Honorary Award

See also

References