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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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Words Of Gratitude By Open Water Pros To The Rei e Rainha Do Mar

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Chad Ho, Olympian from South Africa, Trent Grimsey, professional open water swimmer from Australia, Alexander Studzinski, defending champion of the King of the Sea event, Ana Marcela Cunha, world 25K champion from Brazil, Allan do Carmo, Olympian from Brazil, Christine Jennings, two-time FINA World Cup winner from the USA, Cecilia Biagioli, a four-time Olympian from […]

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Top Americans To Face Keri-Anne Payne At The Midmar Mile

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The 39th aQuellé Midmar Mile will showcase a head-to-head competition between Keri-Anne Payne (shown on left) and two leading American swimmers Christine Jennings and Ashley Twichell at the popular Midmar Dam resort next February. Keri-Anne, the odds-on Olympic 10K Marathon Swim gold medal favorite has dominated the aQuellé Midmar Mile in recent years. The quick

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Salvatore Cimmino, Nominee For The World Open Water Swimming Man Of The Year

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Salvatore Cimmino is swimming in the Seas of the Globe in order to raise awareness about physical disabilities. After getting his leg amputated at the age of 15, his passion to help others drives him around the world. In addition to swims in Israel and Italy, Salvatore swam 42K in Argentina, 20K in Canada and

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Doug Woodring, Nominee For The World Open Water Swimming Man Of The Year

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Doug Woodring is a lightening rod of positive energy and practical action. He not only organizes the Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim and Sheko Challenge open water race in Hong Kong, but he works to bring awareness and practical solutions to the problems of pollution in our ocean. Co-founder of the successful Project Kaisei and

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Petar Stoychev, Nominee For The World Open Water Swimming Man Of The Year

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Petar Stoychev extended his unprecedented dominance over the professional marathon swimming world for the 11th consecutive year. He started out the year by winning the 57K FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix race in Argentina for the 10th year in a row and finished by winning his 11th consecutive Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean in

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The Edge Effect And Mid-Pack Draft In Open Water Swimming

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Open Water Source coaches advocate a variety of strategies and tactics in open water swims or triathlon swim legs. Two such concepts include the Edge Effect and the Mid-Pack Draft. The Edge Effect For most short-distance open water swims or triathlon swim legs, Open Water Source coaches often advocate navigating the course and crowds by

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Yutaka Shinozaki, Nominee For The World Open Water Swimming Man Of The Year

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Yutaka Shinozaki founded and developed the Japan International Open Water Swimming Association (JIOWSA) to be a 9-month-long, 14-part open water swimming series in Japan. From Okinawa to Honshu, Shinozaki-san and his staff and volunteers have created an enjoyable, safe, competitive open water swim series for all ages and abilities. From the pre-race beach clean-ups to

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