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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.
Catalina Channel Rivalry Continues: Hank Wise versus Samuel Neri
Jesus Samuel Neri Gutiérrez (62, Mexico, MSF bio here, @triton_mexicano, shown above on left)...
Dr. Mariam Saleh Binladen Pioneers An Unprecedented Crossing in Greece
Courtesy of Dr. Mohamed Marouf. Dr. Mariam Saleh Binladen, a dentist and humanitarian from Saudi...
Don’t Be Prey Coming To America
Background of Film Title Mark Sowerby (52, Australia, MSF bio here) had previously finished a...
Swimmers Supporting Swimmers – In The Media With Best Human Spirit
The film Don’t Be Prey won the Best Human Spirit Award at the Breckenridge Film Festival this week. From Colorado to Virginia to Ohio to California, the film will be a coast-to-coast film festival run.
British versus Americans Across the English Channel – A Crossing For The Record
The 1990 relay of Americans Jay Wilkerson, Chad Hundeby, Martha Jahn, Karen Burton, Dirk Bouma, and Sid Cassidy set the long-standing England-to-France relay record of 6 hours 52 minutes and the two-way record of 14 hours 18 minutes. But a high-caliber team of British swimmers will attempt to break their one-way record.
Heavenly Stars Above + Light Show Below: Hank Wise and Brandon Samaniego Enjoy a Tandem Catalina Crossing
Hank Wise and Brandon Samaniego completed a tandem crossing of the Catalina Channel, a first for Brandon and a 10th career crossing for Wise that ties him with Samuel Neri.