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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.
Maksym Marshchivskyi, Andres Alonso Swim Shoulder-to-Shoulder At Naples Island Swims
With 3-time Olympic medalist Sharon van Rouwendaal (33, Netherlands, MSF bio here, World Aquatics...
Bill Kelly Achieves A Dream Through The Tunnel and Around The Old Head
Courtesy of Ned Denison in Kinsale, County Cork Ireland. In late summer 2025, 62-year-old Bill...
In Memory of Phil Whitten: Understated, Cool, and Brilliant
Over a decade ago in an online forum, an open water swimmer stated, “Open water is the...
Red Sea Orcas Head Off To France
The Red Sea Orcas with Dr. Mostafa Said Zaki of Egypt, Christophe Lambrecht of Belgium, Hayley Reid of Australia, and Fatima El Feky of Egypt.crossed the English Channel from England to France in 11 hours 20 minutes on August 17th
I Raise You One: Hank Wise versus Samuel Neri Across The Catalina Channel
Jesus Samuel Neri Gutiérrez has completed 9 career Catalina Channel crossings to date. Hank Wise is right behind him with 8 career crossings – and another crossing scheduled for early tomorrow morning.
Crossing Catalina Channel, Four of Seven for Jere Mateo
Para swimmer Jeremias Mateo Castillo completed the fourth Oceans Seven channel with a crossing of the Catalina Channel