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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.

Don Watson Honored By The International Marathon Swimming Hall Of Fame

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In a small village outside of Chicago, Don Watson created a powerhouse, both in the pool and in the open water. Hinsdale was the center of the professional marathon swimming world when John Kinsella and Sandra Bucha ruled the waves in the 1970’s. Both developed by Coach Watson, they were just two of the many […]

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Dennis Miller Honored By The International Marathon Swimming Hall Of Fame

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His legacy is set. As an administrator working behind the scenes, Dennis Miller rose in the FINA Family ranks to the highest echelon in aquatic administration: he became a FINA Bureau member while overseeing FINA’s newest aquatic discipline, open water swimming. As he worked on the details of integrating open water swimming into the FINA

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