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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.
Ethan Parker of France Wins 3 km Knockout Sprints at World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships
Ethan Parker of France had enough left in his tank in the last 500m final heat to pull out a close...
Alan Nosov of Russia Wins 5 km World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships
Alan Nosov (15, Russia, World Aquatics bio here) cruised to a 37-second victory in the 14-15 year...
Russia’s Kira Guseva, Anastasiia Siniakova Go 1-2 in the 5 km World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships
Russia’s Kira Guseva (14, Russia, World Aquatics bio here) clearly won the 14-15 year girls...
I Like This Look – At The Finish
The finish touchpads at the European Aquatics Open Water Swimming Cups and the recent World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships are a step up from the traditional yellow touchpads with black crosses
Hungary Wins 4×1500 Mixed Relay (14-19 Years) to End the World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships
Team Hungary won the last race at the World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships – the 14-19 years 4x1500m mixed relay over Italy and the USA
Russia Rules 4×1500 Mixed Relay (14-16 Years) at World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships
Russia with Anastasiia Siniakova, Kira Guseva, Aleksandr Filipets, and Alan Nosov won the mixed 14-16 relay, finishing ahead of the USA with Alex Siegel, Ansley Bess, Joseph Eaddy, and Sawyer Hansen at the World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships