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Steven Muñatones
Editor
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.
Matías Díaz Hernández, Mayte Puca Repeat Victories of Argentine Greats
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The Desert Swimmer Emerges From The Australian Outback
The Outback is a remote, vast, sparsely populated area of Australia. It can be scorching hot and...
The Blue Room Spreads Cheer From Down Under
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Swimming and Sustainability in the World of Paul Asmuth
Dual ISHOF and IMSHOF inductee Paul Asmuth has released his third book, Theo and Violet Care for a Forever Forest, on the heels of The Adventures and Lessons of Theo and Violet – Wonders of the Oceans. Both books are aimed at children and parents alike and chronicle his real-world experiences.
Big Surf Postpones the 75th Huntington Beach Pier Swim
SWIM Long Beach will have to wait a while to race again at the 75th Huntington Beach Pier Swim due to big surf in Orange County this week.
Preparing Swimmers for Open Water Success with Marcia Cleveland
Join IMSHOF Honor Swimmer Marcia Cleveland in an hour webinar on June 14th to learn more about open water swimming training, preparation, and drills.