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