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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.
Why Is The Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Now Called The Olympic Open Water Swim?
The marathon swim at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio...
Ram Barkai On Swimming In The Cold For The First 60 Seconds
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Summer Solstice Swim Invites Swimmers to a Unique 13-hour Event on Oahu
Chris Chuck, Ryan Leong (MSF bio here), Rachel Randall, and Thomas...
Moving In The Right Direction … Sacha Velly Wins the Golfo Aranci World Cup 10K
Sacha Velly won the World Cup 10 km in Golfo Aranci, Italy at the third stop of the World Cup Open Water Swimming circuit – a week after capturing a silver medal in Ibiza, Spain.
Go To A Wide-Angle Shot … Moesha Johnson Wins the Golfo Aranci World Cup
Moesha Johnson continues to show her LA28 gold medal potential in winning the World Cup 10 km in Golfo Aranci, Italy at the third stop of the World Cup Open Water Swimming circuit.
Updates and Changes at the LA28 Olympics
The location and courses of several events at the the LA28 Olympic Games have been changed – and other updates from LA28