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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 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, 2022 Dale Petranech Award for Services to the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.

Join The Legends of the Ice at the 2024 European Ice Swimming Championship

The IISA 1st European Championship will be held in Oradea, Romania on February 1st – 4th 2024 where some of the world’s most hardened athletes and extreme ice swimmers will compete, including Petar Stoychev, Christof Wandratsch, Rostislav Vítek, Marcin Szarpak, Alisa Fatum.

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Successful Old Men Across The Sea – Helped by a Fast-acting Aussie

One Foot in the Wave 3 relay included 76-year-old Bob Roberts, 80-year-old Dr. Chris Stockdale, MBE, 74-year-old Andy Nation,  74-year-old Kevin Murphy, 81-year-old Robert Lloyd-Evans, and the lone Aussie, 78-year-old Don Riddington who became the Oldest Male Relay Team to Swim the English Channel.

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