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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.
Reducing Risks for Moloka’i Channel Crossings
One of the most frustrating things in the entire open water swimming world is getting weathered...
Millie Corson To Be Honored In San Diego
Amelia Clemmington “Millie” Gade Corson will be inducted as an Honor Swimmer at the...
Ensuring the Fairness and Safety for All on the World Cup Circuit
The 2026 World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup is held in four sites: Somabay, Egypt on...
To Swim Or Not To Swim, That Is The Question
Melodee Liegl is a dedicated lifer, an athlete who strives to swim 10,000 yards per day, either in a pool or in lakes in her native Wisconsin. She explains what drives her.
Markus Rogan, Juliet Kadlecek and Irena Requena Win Multiple Events at Memphremagog Winter Swimming Festival
Markus Rogan, Juliet Kadlecek, and Irena Requena won multiple races at the 12th Memphremagog Winter Swimming Festival among the 112 competitors who competed in Lake Memphremagog.
Ocean Man Ted Lomicka Completes The Maui Nui Swim
Ted Lomicka flew from Franklin, Tennessee to Hawaii to become the first man to complete the extraordinarily technically difficult Maui Nui Swim between the islands of Maui, Lāna’i, and Moloka’i in Hawaii, taking 23 hours 47 minutes