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Steven Muñatones
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Steven Muñatones was an American water polo player, a collegiate swimmer, and an open water swimmer from Huntington Beach, California. He has been a coach, administrator, writer, race director, kayaker, paddler, official, observer, author, lifeguard, reporter, Olympic commentator, aquapreneur, and adviser in the the sport of open water swimming.
He founded the World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Oceans Seven, WOWSA Awards, Openwaterpedia, KAATSU Global, and KAATSU Research Foundation and served as an ambassador for the American Heart Association. He has written over 21,344 articles on open water swimming, water polo, and KAATSU to date. He created the www.imshof.org, www.openwaterswimming.com, www.openwaterpedia.com, and www.dailynewsofopenwaterswimming.com websites among many others.
He received the 1984 Harvard University John B. Imrie Award, 1990 Guinness World Record, 2001, 2005, 2007 USA Swimming Open Water Swimming Committee Award, 2002 Honor Swimmer, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, 2007 & 2010 USA Swimming Glen S. Hummer Award, 2010 Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award from the International Swimming Hall of Fame, 2016 Poseidon Award from the International Swimming Hall of Fame, 2018 Vermont Open Water Swimming Hall of Fame, 2019 Honor Contributor – Media of the International Ice Swimming Hall of Fame, and 2022 Dale Petranech Award for Services to the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.
Bringing Color and Personality to the 2026 SCAR Swim
The 2026 SCAR Swim Challenge, the 4-day stage swim in Arizona, is coming up. Patty Hermann (65,...
Sandra Frimerman-Bergquist, Jeison Rojas Win Swim Miami 10 km
Nearly 1,000 swimmers competed at the Swim Miami (@swim.miami) events today in southern Florida...
He’s Back With His Perennial Smile: Robert Strauss Returns to Swim Miami
At the age of 73, Robert Strauss has accomplished a lot in the swimming world – from...
The 2026 Tsugaru Channel Season – Foreigners Freestyling in the Far East
Stève Stievenart, Jeffrey Orenstein, Sandra Ramírez Vinay, Ezequiel Becerril Zuñiga, Diego Aragón, and Sarah Poplar will join many others in challenging the Tsugaru Channel in northern Japan this July and August
Daring In Denmark
Several Danish swimmers and one South African ice swimmer came together between March 15th and 22nd to organize, support each other, and challenge themselves to ice swims from 1 km to 3 km
Mother Nature Never Makes It Easy For Nick Jessen
Nick Jessen completed his third Oceans Seven swim today after finishing a crossing of the Molokai Channel