Golden Goggle Awards

The Golden Goggle Awards presented by the USA Swimming Foundation, is an awards ceremony which honours swimmer's achievements over the last year. There are eight categories: Breakout Performer of the Year, Coach of the Year, Peserverance Award, Relay Performance of the Year, Male Performance of the Year, Female Performance of the Year, Male Athlete of the Year and Female Athlete of the Year. [http://www.goldengoggles.com/]

Winners

*Breakout Performer of the Year:
**2004: Larsen Jensen
**2005: Jessica Hardy
**2006: Cullen Jones
**2007: Ben Wildman-Tobriner

*Coach of the Year
**2004: Bob Bowman
**2005: Eddie Reese
**2006: Eddie Reese
**2007: Bob Bowman

*Perseverance Award:
**2004: Kaitlin Sandeno
**2005: Brendan Hansen
**2006: Erik Vendt
**2007: Ryan Lochte

*Relay Performance of the Year:
**2004: Women's 4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay at Olympic Games
**2005: Women's 4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay at World Championships
**2006: Men's 4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay at Pan Pacific Championships
**2007: Men's 4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay at World Championships

*Female Performance of the Year:
**2004: Amanda Beard for 200 m Breaststroke at Olympic Games
**2005: Kate Ziegler for 1500 m Freestyle at World Championships
**2006: Whitney Myers for 200 m IM at Pan Pacific Championships
**2007: Kate Ziegler for 1500 m Freestyle at TYR Meet of Champions

*Male Performance of the Year:
**2004: Michael Phelps for 100 m Butterfly at Olympic Games
**2005: Ian Crocker for 100 m Butterfly at World Championships
**2006: Michael Phelps for 200 m IM at Pan Pacific Championships
**2007: Michael Phelps for 200 m Butterfly at World Championships

*Male Athlete of the Year:
**2004: Michael Phelps
**2005: Aaron Peirsol
**2006: Brendan Hansen
**2007: Michael Phelps

*Female Athlete of the Year:
**2004: Kate Zeigler
**2005: Katie Hoff
**2006: Katie Hoff
**2007: Katie Hoff

References