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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.
Moesha Johnson Continues to Dominate, Wins The World Cup 10K in Ibiza
There will be several odds-on gold medal favorites in the swimming events at the LA28 Olympic...
David Betlehem Handles the Chop and Cold, Wins The World Cup in Ibiza
101 men were entered in the World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup in Ibiza, Spain. 98 men...
SCAR Day 2: Chris Cook Retains Leads After Canyon. Linda Clarke, Albie Ashbrook, and Amy Meskill Very Close Heading to Apache
Race director Kent Nicholas (58, USA, MSF bio here) explained the conditions of the 15th edition...
Rahul Chiplunkar and the Open Water Amateur Aquatics Federation Invite Others To India
Rahul Chiplunkar, founder of the Open Water Amateur Aquatics Federation, invites the international open water swimming community to its events in India
David Starts with the Betlehem Blast and Wins World Cup 3K Knockout Sprints in Ibiza
David Betlehem continues to show her LA28 gold medal potential in winning the World Cup 3 km Knockout Sprints in Ibiza, Spain at the second stop of the World Cup Open Water Swimming circuit.
Moesha Johnson Wins World Cup 3K Knockout Sprints in Ibiza
Moesha Johnson continues to show her LA28 gold medal potential in winning the World Cup 3 km Knockout Sprints in Ibiza, Spain at the second stop of the World Cup Open Water Swimming circuit.