The ISHOF Aquatic Awards are presented annually to individuals or organizations for outstanding contributions to aquatics. This year’s awards will be held Friday evening, April 9, 2027, as a kick-off to the 62nd Annual ISHOF Honoree Induction weekend in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
The annual awards are a spectacular event that celebrate the unsung heroes who make competitive and recreational aquatics possible. These are the individuals who save lives, promote water safety and further aquatic education around the world. We are proud to recognize these important individuals at the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
About this year’s ISHOF Aquatic Awards presented by AquaCal
László Szakadáti (HUN) – Competitive Swimming
László Szakadáti of Budapest, Hungary, is a highly respected figure in the international aquatic world. He has spent over 40 years in competitive swimming and sports administration.
He was a successful competitive swimmer representing Romania, spending 16 years on the national team as a multiple-time national champion and record holder.
As a sports administrator, he served as the Executive Director of LEN (Ligue Européenne de Natation / European Aquatics), managing major continental tournaments, integration initiatives, and marketing strategies across 51 member countries.
John Wingfield (USA) – Competitive Diving
John Wingfield served as Director and Coach of the National Training Center from 1998 to 2012. In 2013 he acquired Indiana Diving Academy/Ripfest and serves as the CEO and head coach. In 2026 John became the Diving High-Performance Director for The City of Fort Lauderdale.
Wingfield, a three-time Olympic coach has been key in developing divers at all levels. In 2009 his team of athletes won eight Junior National team titles. Internationally his divers have earned 10 Junior Pan Am Championships medals including six gold medals. His junior divers have secured two junior world championship gold medals, three silver medals and one bronze medal. Wingfield’s long term athlete development program has produced 14 Olympic divers in his 40 years of coaching. These divers have amassed eight Olympics medals (1 gold, 6 silver and 1 bronze) over their careers.
Andida Bouma (NED) – Artistic Swimming
Andida Bouma has over 30 years’ experience in Finance and Private Equity.
Andida Bouma is an experienced member of boards and committees, having served on the board of the Royal Dutch Swimming Federation for 12 years, of which eight as Treasurer. She has also served on the European Aquatics (formerly LEN) Technical Artistic Swimming Committee from 2008. Since February 2022, she is a member of the European Aquatics Bureau and stepped down from the TASC. She served as the first female General Secretary of European Aquatics and since 2023 is the first female Treasurer of this organization. She is a member of the WA TASC since 2022.
Andida was a national level athlete and coach. She started judging at the age of 18, advancing from regional to national level and from 1990 to an international level. She judged at multiple World Championships and Olympic Qualification Tournaments, with the Tokyo Olympic Games as a highlight in her judging career.
Andida is and has been for many years an evaluator for World Aquatics as well as an instructor for WA’s judge education. She really enjoys working with judges as well as athletes and coaches to improve the level of the artistic swimming sport and wants to continue to contribute to its development.
Yiannis Giannouris (GRE) – Water Polo
Yiannis Giannouris has dedicated his career to water polo as an Olympic athlete, international coach, sports administrator, educator, author and independent water polo
historian. His contributions span elite competition, youth development, international event management and the preservation of the sport’s history.
He helped establish Vouliagmeni as a leading player-development center and has served as Head Coach of Club Aquatico Pescara since 2023.
From 2000 to 2004, he served on the Athens 2004 Olympic Games Organizing Committee, first as Manager of Sport Competition and later as Venue Operations Manager.
A former World Aquatics (FINA) instructor and member of its Water Polo Development Subcommittee, he co-authored with Ildikó Szedlmayer the official World Aquatics manual “Swim and Play with the Ball.”
He writes technical and historical studies on water polo, including statistical analyses of major international competitions. He founded and edits Water Polo Legends, a website and Facebook/Instagram platform dedicated to documenting and preserving water polo history.
Connie Harvey (USA) –Water Safety
Through her leadership with the American Red Cross, Connie Harvey has dedicated her career to creating safer communities and advancing drowning prevention on a national level. Her work has helped expand access to water safety education, swimming and water competency, lifeguard training, and lifesaving skills, particularly in communities where resources and opportunities may be limited.
Beyond the programs she has helped lead, one of Harvey’s greatest contributions to the water safety community has been her commitment to collaboration. She understands that drowning prevention cannot be accomplished by one organization or through one intervention alone.
Throughout her career, she has consistently brought organizations, experts, community partners, and national leaders together around the shared goal of preventing drowning and creating meaningful, lasting change.
Harvey has also contributed her expertise to national drowning-prevention efforts, including serving on the Steering Committee for the U.S. National Water Safety Action Plan and advocating for water safety and drowning prevention at the national level.
Please join us in celebrating these stellar individuals and their achievements on Friday, April 9, 2027 at the Riverside Hotel., Fort Lauderdale, FL; tickets will be coming soon
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About ISHOF
The International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) museum opened its doors to the public in December of 1968 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. That same year, the Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA) – the governing body for Olympic aquatic sports – designated the ISHOF museum as the “Official Repository for Aquatic History”. Today, ISHOF’s vision is to be the global focal point for recording and sharing the history of aquatics, promoting swimming as an essential life-skill, and developing educational programs and events related to water sports.
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