Learn more about the swimming nominees across the 'Athlete of the Year', 'Emerging Athlete of the Year' and 'Coach of the Year' categories at The Aquatics GB Awards 2024.
Swimming Athlete of the Year
2024 Shortlist: Adam Peaty, Ben Proud, Matt Richards and Duncan Scott
Adam Peaty
Aquatics GB Performance Centre Loughborough
Adam Peaty's return to the Olympic and World Championship stage in 2024 saw him secure medals at both major meets, further embellishing his incredible legacy in the pool.
The breaststroke legend was bidding to become only the second man after Michael Phelps to win three successive individual swimming titles at an Olympics - and he came within 0.02s of doing just that, as he secured silver in the closest of 100m Breaststroke finals, before emotionally declaring in an unforgettable and raw post-race interview: "In my heart, I have won. These are happy tears."
Earlier in the season, Adam swam to a bronze in the 100m Breaststroke at the Doha World Championships, before playing his part in a fine effort for bronze by GB's Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay team that also featured Medi Harris, Anna Hopkin, Matt Richards, Duncan Scott and James Wilby.
Ben Proud
Bath University
The 2024 season saw Ben Proud thrillingly complete his major medal collection with a superb sprint freestyle silver at the Olympic Games - to the acclaim of all swimming fans in Britain and beyond.
Ben began the year by extending his run of international long and short-course podiums in the Men's 50m Freestyle to eight as he powered to bronze at a unique World Championships in Doha in February.
All that was left to add to his incredible CV was an Olympic medal - and he did just that in Paris, advancing flawlessly through the rounds before producing an outstanding swim in a stacked final to touch the wall for a stunning silver, following fourth and fifth-placed finishes in Rio and Tokyo.
It is fair to say it was a hugely popular result, not just among the British team, but among the swimming community as a whole.
Matt Richards
Millfield
At the age of only 21, Matt Richards has already defended an Olympic title after a season that saw him again contribute to a stunning Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay triumph and secure his first individual Games medal.
Matt put in a storming performance in that relay final to help take his place in Olympic history alongside Duncan Scott, Tom Dean and James Guy - the first time that any Olympic relay in any sport has seen a title defended by the exact same foursome in the final, thanks in part as well to outstanding heat swims from Kieran Bird and Jack McMillan.
That relay victory came hot on the heels of a thrilling individual 200m Freestyle silver for then-Millfield, now-Manchester Performance Centre Matt, who produced an outside smoker from lane one to push all the way for the gold, ultimately being out-touched to the win by 0.02s. Still, a superb result.
Back in February, the 21-year-old added to his ever-growing World Championship tally with Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay bronze.
Duncan Scott
University of Stirling
Duncan Scott ended Paris 2024 as Team GB's third-most decorated Olympian of all time - and Scotland's most decorated ever - thanks to the Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay triumph and a superb silver in the 200m Individual Medley taking his overall tally to an eye-watering eight.
Duncan's now-customary classy anchor in the victorious 4x200m Freestyle Relay effort ensured his place in history as part of the first team to defend any Olympic relay crown with the exact same line-up, while his racing class was on show as he pushed home favourite Leon Marchand all the way in the 200m IM.
Those results make the University of Stirling man the first British swimmer in Olympic history to win multiple medals at three successive Games - testament to his versatility and consistency. Earlier in the year, a rare butterfly outing from him in the Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay heats saw him to a World Championship bronze.
Swimming Emerging Athlete of the Year
2024 Shortlist: Amelie Blocksidge, Max Morgan and Theodora Taylor
Amelie Blocksidge
City of Salford
Amelie Blocksidge enjoyed a golden summer of European Junior Championship action, as the City of Salford competitor claimed a stunning 800m and 1500m Freestyle double in the pool, before defending her 5km marathon swimming title a week later.
Amelie paced the 800m and 1500m races brilliantly, clocking new age-group records in both as she took to the top step of the podium in Vilnius, before heading to the open water to triumph in the 5km - winning by 18 seconds in the race for 14 and 15-year-olds.
Coupled with victories in both distance freestyle events in the pool at the Speedo Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, 2024 provided another year to remember for this up-and-coming talent.
Max Morgan
Reed's SC
Max Morgan became a European Junior champion for the first time and continued to set new age-group records across a busy, brilliant season in the pool.
The 16-year-old put in two crucial breaststroke legs across the heats and finals of the Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay at European Juniors in Vilnius to help the GB team to glorious gold, as well as helping the Men's 4x100m 4x100m Medley bronze medallists.
Back at home, Max more than held his own in a world-class Men's 100m Breaststroke final the Speedo Aquatics GB Swimming Championships to take fifth in a field of multiple Olympic, world, European and Commonwealth medallists, setting new age-group records over the 100m and 200m distances over the course of the season too.
Theodora Taylor
Torfaen Dolphins
Theodora Taylor caught the eye in claiming a pair of brilliant breaststroke medals at her debut European Junior Swimming Championships.
The Torfaen Dolphins youngster missed out on the 200m Breaststroke title in Vilnius by the narrowest of margins, touching for silver 0.01s behind winner Lena Ludwig of Germany - and there was also a bronze for Theodora in the 100m event.
That 100m bronze also brought with it a British age-group record as Taylor continued to set herself up for what looks to be an exciting future.
Swimming Coach of the Year
2024 Shortlist: Dave Hemmings, Ryan Livingstone and Steven Tigg
David Hemmings
Aquatics GB Loughborough Performance Centre
David Hemmings saw two of his swimmers to the top of World Championship podiums and no fewer than seven of his Loughborough Performance Centre group involved in the Paris Olympic Games.
The year began with a unique Worlds in Doha, an event at which Freya Colbert won a thrilling Women's 400m Individual Medley crown and Laura Stephens became world champion in the 200m Butterfly. There was also heavy involvement for David's athletes in a silver-medal-winning Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay performance, which involved Colbert, Abbie Wood and Medi Harris.
Hemmings was part of the Olympic coaching staff for a second successive Games, and coached his swimmers to some strong displays that came agonisingly close to being podium worthy - including a brilliant British record for Max Litchfield as he placed fourth in the Men's 400m Individual Medley, a result matched by Colbert in the women's event at her debut Games.
Ryan Livingstone
Millfield
The 2023 Swimming Coach of the Year was named to his first Olympic coaching team for Paris - and celebrated that by seeing two of his Millfield-based swimmers contribute to a history-making Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay victory.
Matt Richards and James Guy - who are now both working with Ryan at the Manchester Performance Centre - were in dominant form alongside Tom Dean and Duncan Scott in the Olympic final to defend their title from Tokyo, while Guy swam his fastest time for nearly a decade when teaming up with Dean, Kieran Bird and Jack McMillan in the heats.
Under Ryan, Matt also claimed his first individual Olympic medal thanks to an outstanding, lane-one performance to take 200m Freestyle silver. There was also a Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay bronze for the Richards-Livingstone team at February's World Championships in Doha.
Steven Tigg
University of Stirling
Two of Steven Tigg's seven University of Stirling swimmers who headed to Paris in the summer left with an Olympic gold around their neck - with Duncan Scott's gold-silver double earning him several records in the process.
Scott and debutant Jack McMillan both contributed heavily to a sensational win for the Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay team, while Scott also claimed a second successive silver in the Men's 200m Individual Medley to take him to eight Olympic medals from three Games, having worked with Tigg since childhood.
Even away from the podium - which also brought Worlds medals for Scott (Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay bronze) and Lucy Hope (Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay silver) in Doha in February - Steven's impact was far-reaching, as he took four Team GB debutants to Paris of his seven-strong Stirling cohort, including Angharad Evans, who broke the Women's 100m Breaststroke British record earlier in a breakthrough year for her.