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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.
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Ludovica Terlizzi of Italy Dominates 10 km at the World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships
Ludovica Terlizzi (19, Italy, World Aquatics bio here, @ludovica.terlizzi) dominated the 18-19...
Mate Karpati of Hungary Wins World Junior Open Water Swimming Championship 10 km
Mate Karpati (17, Hungary, World Aquatics bio here, @karpati.mate) held off Colin Jacobs (18, USA,...
Russia’s Kira Guseva, Anastasiia Siniakova Go 1-2 in the 5 km World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships
Kira Guseva of Russia, Anastasiia Siniakova of Russia, and Sofia Ovalles of Argentina were the podium finishers at the girls 14-15 5 km race at the 2026 World Aquatics Junior Open Water Swimming Championships
Josef Köberl Tames The Dragon Across Tsugaru. 6 Done, 1 To Go for the Oceans Seven
Josef Köberl, a prolific Austrian ice swimmer and cold water expert, has completed 6 of the Oceans Seven channels with a 10 hour 25 minute crossing of the Tsugaru Channel in northern Japan
Kseniia Misharina Cruises To Victory 7.5 km World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships
Kseniia Misharina went out fast and took control of the girls 7.5 km race at the 2026 World Aquatics Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in Argentina. She maintained her lead and won with a 22-second gap over second-place Kitti Kammerer