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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.
2°C In Molveno While Celebrating 5 World Ice Swimming Records
The world ice swimming community descended upon Molveno in the Italian Alps last year at the IISA...
Ay Chihuahua, It Was Cold In Mexico
Event Director and Referee Anna Valeria Zuccolotto Soto (40, IISA bio here, MSF bio here), Medical...
The Politics of Swimming, Making John Kulewicz a Better Lawyer
A few swimmers are bravely dipping their toes in the rough-and-tumble world of politics, including...
Climbing Mountains, Crossing Seas, Explaining Adventures: The Exploits of Jakub Patecki
Jakub Patecki, a Polish adventurer, attempted a 160 km crossing of the Baltic Sea from Sweden to Poland.
Ram Barkai Heading Back to the Bottom of the World for fhe Antarctica Ice Swimming Adventure
10 days from now, Ram Barkai returns to the Southern Ocean in Antarctica to lead a group of swimmers in the Antarctica Ice Swimming Adventure
Freezing While Freestyling In Fuji – The Extreme Ice Mile Adventures of Ger Kennedy, Teodor Tsvetkov, Stève Stievenart, Conor O Connor
Ger Kennedy, Stève Stievenart, Teodor Tsvetkov, and Conor O Connor are pioneering Ice Miles in the Land of the Rising Sun, swimming in the Five Lakes of Mount Fuji in Japan