ISAF World Sailor of the Year Awards

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The ISAF World Sailor of the Year Awards were launched in 1994 by the International Sailing Federation. The awards are recognised as the pinnacle award a sailor can receive in recognition of his/her outstanding achievements by the world of sailing.

[edit] List of winners

Year Male winner(s) Female winner(s)
1994 New Zealand Peter Blake
United Kingdom Robin Knox-Johnston		 Spain Theresa Zabell
1995 New Zealand Russell Coutts France Isabelle Autissier
1996 Germany Jochen Schümann Hong Kong Lee Lai Shan
1997 United Kingdom Pete Goss Ukraine Ruslana Taran
Ukraine Elena Pakholchik
1998 United Kingdom Ben Ainslie Netherlands Carolijn Brouwer
1999 Poland Mateusz Kusznierewicz Netherlands Margriet Matthijsse
2000 United States Mark Reynolds
United States Magnus Liljedahl		 United Kingdom Shirley Robertson
2001 Brazil Robert Scheidt United Kingdom Ellen MacArthur
2002 United Kingdom Ben Ainslie Greece Sofia Bekatorou
Greece Emilia Tsoulfa
2003 Switzerland Russell Coutts Norway Siren Sundby
2004 Brazil Robert Scheidt Greece Sofia Bekatorou
Greece Emilia Tsoulfa
2005 Spain Fernando Echavarri
Spain Anton Paz		 United Kingdom Ellen MacArthur
2006 New Zealand Mike Sanderson United States Paige Railey
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