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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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Ba Anh Tu Chau Swims To Victory In The SEA Games

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The open water swimming competition at the SEA Games XXVI/2011 began Thursday, November 17th on Putri Island among the Thousand Islands of Indonesia. The multi-sport SEA Games (Southeast Asian Games) are held every two year involving participants from the 11 countries of Southeast Asia including Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei, Indonesia, Philippines, […]

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Open Water Swimming Takes To The SEA

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The open water swimming competition at the SEA Games XXVI/2011 began Thursday, November 17th on Putri Island among the Thousand Islands of Indonesia. The multi-sport SEA Games (Southeast Asian Games) are held every two year involving participants from the 11 countries of Southeast Asia including Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei, Indonesia, Philippines,

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Stiff Competition In Domestic Open Waters

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With only 25 berths available in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim, there are domestic battles before elite athletes can face their international rivals. Back before the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the competitive rivalry between the Mexican swimmers literally came down to the last stroke during the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim qualifier. It was heartbreaking to miss

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The Motivations Behind The Kate Adventure Swim

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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, U.S.A. Kate Greene of Tennessee won the 2011 Adventure Swim Contest for her planned adventure swim from the east coast of American, starting in Tennessee to the west coast, ending in California There were a variety of motivations and inspirations behind her original application to the contest and her decisions about the logistics

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The 2011 Adventure Swim Contest – Rules And Results

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The Adventure Swim Contest is an innovative contest sponsored and organized by adventure swimmer Jamie Patrick of San Francisco, California, U.S.A. The Adventure Swim Contest was created to assist people around the world to live their swim dream. The winner was chosen based on applications sent in. Each was reviewed based on passion and sense

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Swann Oberson, Nominee For The World Open Water Swimming Performance Of The Year

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The Swann Oberson won the 2011 FINA World Swimming Championship 5K in a shoulder-to-shoulder, photo finish over Aurelie Muller of France and Ashley Twichell of the USA. For her first world championship victory for Switzerland, Swann is nominated for the 2011 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year. Learn more and vote HERE for

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Solo Swim Across Sea Of Cortez Will Encounter Challenges Big And Small

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The first solo attempt across the Sea of Cortez will pit Paul Lundgren against creatures large and small over 60 miles. Paul talks about his 96.5K challenge from Baja California to mainland of Mexico, “People are continuously exceeding the limits of physical endurance. The new frontier is not across the spans of oceans or found

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Making Waves To Fight Cancer With Swim Across America

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Swim Across America has been making waves for two decades. With each stroke, each swimmer and each event giant waves are formed in its nationwide fight against cancer. Swim Across America, Long Island Sound in its 19th season raised over US$1,200,000. Nine swimming venues, nearly 1,000 swimmers, 70 teams and over 500 volunteers participating in

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