Alain Bernard of France and Rebecca Adlington of Britain were chosen Thursday as the 2008 European swimmers of the year.
Bernard won a gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle at the Beijing Olympics, and took silver in the 4x100 freestyle relay and bronze in the 50 free.
Adlington won gold in the 400 and 800 freestyle in Beijing and was also the 2008 world champion in the 800 short-course race.
The European Swimming Federation also named two Russians, Dmitry Sautin and Yulia Pakhalina, as the best European divers of 2008, while Peter Biros of Hungary and Danielle de Bruijn of the Netherlands were considered the best water polo players.
Russian teammates Anastasia Davydova and Anastasia Ermakova were best in synchronized swimming, and in open water swimming, the winners were Maarten van der Weijden of the Netherlands and Larisa Ilchenko of Russia.
Representatives of Europe's national swimming federations and media members voted for the awards, which were announced Thursday in LEN Magazine, which is published in Budapest.
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