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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.

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Christine Jennings Rallies To Victory Over Natalia Charlos In Poland

Christine Jennings took out the 18km BCT Gdynia Marathon in Poland with the top men Petar Stoychev and Trent Grimsey, hanging near them for the first 5km in the jellyfish-strewn coastal course. But the American still had Polish Olympian Natalia Charlos on her feet. Jennings’ coach Eney Jones keep pushing her, the personable Charlos was […]

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Dionne Caldwell Swimming In The Fountain Of Youth

Dionne Caldwell (shown together with Don Caldwell on left) shows her teammates, neighbors and friends how to live young and fitful. The 80-something-year-old from the Novaquatics Masters (NOVA) Team in Irvine, California beat dozens of younger swimmers at the Don Burns 1 Mile Ocean Swim in Corona Del Mar, California, finishing in 34:05 on a

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Canada On The Rise With Weinberger And Carr

Throughout history, Canadians have performed extraordinarily well in open water swimming. Jacques Amyot (1995), Marilyn Bell (1967), Christine Cossette (1982), Robert Cossette (2004), Helge Jensen (1970), Vicki Keith Munro (2003), Régent Lacoursière (1978), Cliff Lumsdon (1969), Cynthia Nicholas (1978), Gilles Potvin (2006), Gus Ryder (1981), Greg Streppel (1996), Patty Thompson (1969), Margaret Park Wisniski (2000),

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Olympic Champion Larisa Ilchenko Marries Sergey Perunin

Olympic gold medalist Larisa Ilchenko got married this past week to fellow Russian Olympian Sergey Perunin. The 8-time world champion was unbeatable in major international championships from her debut in Dubai in 2004 as a 16-year-old to her dramatic victory at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Her trademark finish, The Ilchenko, was a killer sprint

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