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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.
Oceans Seven Swimmers Taming The Dragon Across The Tsugaru Channel
The Asian leg of the Oceans Seven is the Tsugaru Channel in Japan, a very technically challenging...
From San Diego to Dublin, IMSHOF On The Move
After a record-setting International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame induction ceremony in San...
Meet Chris Ballard on The Plunge Book Tour
Chris Ballard (52, USA, IISA bio here) wrote The Plunge: Maverick Swimmers, an Unlikely Quest, and...
Jari Cennet Tammi Decides 10,000 km Is Not Long Enough
Jari Cennet Tammi is stepping up his game. His initial plan for a 7-year 9,000 km stage swim from Istanbul, Turkey to Cádiz, Spain is now shifted from Istanbul to Stockholm, a 20-year adventure of 18,500 kilometers
Spend Hours Learning the How and Why of Open Water Swimming
There are dozens of books written by numerous Honor Swimmers inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Read on…
Open Water Swimmer’s Walk of Shame
The walk of shame is an open water swimming slang term describing the act of walking to the start, looking exhausted, defeated, and dejected.