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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.

International Day of Older Persons and the Aging Demographics of Open Water Swimmers

The United Nations International Day of Older Persons will be celebrated on October 1st. When we think about the United Nations’ effort to bring awareness and support to older people, we cannot help thinking about the graying of the open water swimming community. The global open water swimming community is undergoing an interesting phenomenon –

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COVID Creates Changes In Choosing For Canada

Experienced open water swimmers are flexible and adaptive – and that is what Swimming Canada has had to be for the upcoming 2022 season. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Swimming Canada announced alternate qualification scenarios for international open water events in 2022. Cayman Islands has been the location for many recent national selection teams

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Days Across Lakes, Nights Up Mountains By John Myatt, Laura Nesbitt, Caroline Saxon and Lars Mack

Ice swimmers John Myatt, Laura Nesbitt, Caroline Saxon and Lars Mack took 31 hours 6 minutes to swim across Loch Awe, Lake Bala and Lake Windermere during the day and hiked up Ben Nevis, Snowdon and Scafell Pike (mountains) at night to complete the Three Lakes, Three Peaks Challenge in a charity event to raise awareness of mental health issues.

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