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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 [[Sponsor (commercial)|sponsored]] by [[Rolex]] since 2001.

==List of winners==
{| class=wikitable
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!Year!!Male winner(s)!!Female winner(s)
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|1994||{{Flagicon|NZ}} [[Peter Blake (sailor)|Peter Blake]]<br>{{Flagicon|UK}} [[Robin Knox-Johnston]]||{{Flagicon|ESP}} [[Theresa Zabell]]
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|1995||{{Flagicon|NZ}} [[Russell Coutts]]||{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Isabelle Autissier]]
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|1996||{{Flagicon|GER}} [[Jochen Schümann]]||{{Flagicon|HK}} [[Lee Lai Shan]]
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|1997||{{Flagicon|UK}} [[Pete Goss]]||{{Flagicon|UKR}} [[Ruslana Taran]]<br>{{Flagicon|UKR}} [[Elena Pakholchik]]
|-
|1998||{{Flagicon|UK}} [[Ben Ainslie]]||{{Flagicon|NED}} [[Carolijn Brouwer]]
|-
|1999||{{Flagicon|POL}} [[Mateusz Kusznierewicz]]||{{Flagicon|NED}} [[Margriet Matthijsse]]
|-
|2000||{{Flagicon|US}} [[Mark Reynolds (sailor)|Mark Reynolds]]<br>{{Flagicon|US}} [[Magnus Liljedahl]]||{{Flagicon|UK}} [[Shirley Robertson]]
|-
|2001||{{Flagicon|BRA}} [[Robert Scheidt]]||{{Flagicon|UK}} [[Ellen MacArthur]]
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|2002||{{Flagicon|UK}} [[Ben Ainslie]]||{{Flagicon|GRE}} [[Sofia Bekatorou]]<br>{{Flagicon|GRE}} [[Emilia Tsoulfa]]
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|2003||{{Flagicon|NZ}} [[Russell Coutts]]||{{Flagicon|NOR}} [[Siren Sundby]]
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|2004||{{Flagicon|BRA}} [[Robert Scheidt]]||{{Flagicon|GRE}} [[Sofia Bekatorou]]<br>{{Flagicon|GRE}} [[Emilia Tsoulfa]]
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|2005||{{Flagicon|ESP}} [[Fernando Echavarri]]<br>{{Flagicon|ESP}} [[Anton Paz]]||{{Flagicon|UK}} [[Ellen MacArthur]]
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|2006||{{Flagicon|NZ}} [[Mike Sanderson]]||{{Flagicon|US}} [[Paige Railey]]
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|2007||{{Flagicon|US}} [[Ed Baird]]||{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Claire Leroy]]
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|2008||{{Flagicon|UK}} [[Ben Ainslie]]||{{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Alessandra Sensini]]
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|2009||{{Flagicon|BRA}} [[Torben Grael]]||{{Flagicon|US}} [[Anna Tunnicliffe]]
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|2010||{{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Tom Slingsby]]||{{Flagicon|ESP}} [[Blanca Manchon]]
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|2011||{{Flagicon|ESP}} [[Iker Martínez]]<br />{{Flagicon|ESP}} [[Xabier Fernández]]||{{Flagicon|US}} [[Anna Tunnicliffe]]
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|2012||{{Flagicon|UK}} [[Ben Ainslie]]||{{Flagicon|CHN}} [[Xu Lijia]]
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|2013||{{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Mathew Belcher]]||{{Flagicon|NZ}} [[Jo Aleh]]<br/>{{Flagicon|NZ}} [[Polly Powrie]]
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|2014||{{Flagicon|AUS}} [[James Spithill]]||{{Flagicon|BRA}} [[Martine Grael]]<br/>{{Flagicon|BRA}} [[Kahena Kunze]]
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|2015||{{Flagicon|NZ}} [[Peter Burling (sailor)|Peter Burling]]<br />{{Flagicon|NZ}} [[Blair Tuke]] ||{{Flagicon|UK}} [[Sarah Ayton]]
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|2016||{{Flagicon|ARG}} [[Santiago Lange]] ||{{Flagicon|GBR}} [[Hannah Mills]]<br />{{Flagicon|GBR}} [[Saskia Clark]]
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|2017||{{Flagicon|NZ}} [[Peter Burling (sailor)|Peter Burling]]||{{Flagicon|NED}} [[Marit Bouwmeester]]
|-
|2018||{{Flagicon|CYP}} [[Pavlos Kontides]]||{{Flagicon|NED}} [[Carolijn Brouwer]]<br>{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Marie Riou]]
|-
|2019||{{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Marco Gradoni]]||{{Flagicon|DEN}} [[Anne-Marie Rindom]]
|-
|2020
| colspan="2" |''not assigned''
|-
|2021||{{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Tom Slingsby]]||{{Flagicon|GBR}} [[Hannah Mills]]<br />{{Flagicon|GBR}} [[Eilidh McIntyre]]
|-
|2022||{{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Ruggero Tita]]||{{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Caterina Banti]]
|-
|2023||{{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Tom Slingsby]]||{{Flagicon|RSA}} [[Kirsten Neuschäfer]]
|}

== External links ==
*{{Official website|https://www.sailing.org/awards/rolex-world-sailor-of-the-year/}}
{{World Sailing navbox}}
[[Category:Awards established in 1994]]
[[Category:ISAF World Sailor of the Year Awards]]

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