Citi Para Swimming World Series: Know all winners

Launched in 2017, the Para Swimming World Series is an annual series of elite Para swimming competitions which brings together the world’s best athletes. 

In 2023, the Series were designed in a new format, with more events and Citi as the exclusive title partner. 

All athletes' results at each Citi Para Swimming World Series edition are calculated using a standardised World Para Swimming points system via an online virtual competition platform.

This ensures that the overall Citi Para Swimming World Series winner will be the best performing athlete over the duration of the series, meaning that every performance counts.

The Citi Para Swimming World Series awards every year the best Overall Female and Male Athletes, the best High-Support Needs (classes S/SB 1-3) Female and Male Athletes, the best Female and Male Junior Athletes and the best National Paralympic Committee (NPC).

Here are the winners*:

2017

Best Female Overall Athlete: Monica Boggioni (Italy)
Best Male Overall Athlete: Daniel Dias (Brazil)
Best Female High-Support Needs Athlete: Zulfiya Gabidullina (Kazakhstan)
Best Male High-Support Needs Athlete: Alberto Abarza (Chile)
Best Female Junior Athlete: Lakeisha Patterson (Australia)  
Best Male Junior Athlete: Jordan Catchpole (Great Britain)
Best NPC: Great Britain

2018

Best Female Overall Athlete: Louise Fiddes (Great Britain)
Best Male Overall Athlete: Daniel Dias (Brazil)
Best Female High-Support Needs Athlete: Yip Pin Xiu (Singapore)
Best Male High-Support Needs Athlete: Alberto Abarza (Chile)
Best Female Junior Athlete: Louise Fiddes (Great Britain)  
Best Male Junior Athlete: Robert Jonsson (Iceland)
Best NPC: Great Britain

2019

Best Female Overall Athlete: Alice Tai (Great Britain)
Best Male Overall Athlete: Antoni Ponce (Spain)
Best Female High-Support Needs Athlete: Leanne Smith (USA)
Best Male High-Support Needs Athlete: Alberto Abarza (Chile)
Best Female Junior Athlete: Maisie Summers-Newton (Great Britain)  
Best Male Junior Athlete: Louis Lawlor (Great Britain)
Best NPC: Great Britain

2021

Best Female Overall Athlete: Elena Krawzow (Germany)
Best Male Overall Athlete: Antoni Ponce (Spain)
Best Female High-Support Needs Athlete: Fabiola Ramirez (Mexico)
Best Male High-Support Needs Athlete: Alberto Abarza (Chile)
Best Female Junior Athlete: Janina Falk (Austria)  
Best Male Junior Athlete: Alan Ogorzalek (Poland)
Best NPC: Israel

2022

Best Female Overall Athlete: Tanja Scholz (Germany)
Best Male Overall Athlete: Carlos Serrano (Colombia)
Best Female High-Support Needs Athlete: Fabiola Ramirez (Mexico)
Best Male High-Support Needs Athlete: Alberto Abarza (Chile)
Best Female Junior Athlete: Sara Vargas (Colombia)  
Best Male Junior Athlete: Alexander Hillhouse (Denmark)
Best NPC: Colombia

2023

Best Female Overall Athlete: Maisie Summers-Newton (Great Britain)
Best Male Overall Athlete: Gabriel Araujo (Brazil)
Best Female High-Support Needs Athlete: Ellie Challis (Great Britain)
Best Male High-Support Needs Athlete: Gabriel Araujo (Brazil)
Best Female Junior Athlete: Poppy Maskill (Great Britain)  
Best Male Junior Athlete: William Ellard (Great Britain)
Best NPC: Brazil

*There were no World Series winners in 2020 as most events were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.