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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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The 2012 International Aquatic History Symposium & Film Festival

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The International Swimming Hall of Fame announced the inaugural International Aquatic History Symposium & Film Festival (IAHSFF) that will be held in Ft Lauderdale, Florida, USA in May 9th – 12th, 2012. Dr Stathis Avramidis, a Visiting Research Fellow at Leeds Metropolitan University (UK) and Associate at the Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, […]

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The Irish Long Distance Swimming Association Grows And Is Honoured

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Martin Cullen, the Public Relations Officer of the Irish Long Distance Swimming Association (ILSDA), commented with humility about the honour granted upon the ILSDA by the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, “We in the ILSDA are delighted at the recognition of the tremendous work that has been done over the many years by so

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Superior Nutrition for Superior Performance In The Open Water

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Dr. Peter Attia, a relentless self-experimenter, has found the secret of endurance sports success through nutrition. While he has actually increased his caloric intake to 4,500 calories per day from 3,000 calories per day, he has significantly changed his body composition – from over 20% body fat to 7.5% body fat – and has become

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Mano-a-Mano – When Great Athletes Collide In The Water

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Mano-a-mano , one on one, head to head, man to man. These all describe when two athletes face each other in the field of play, going at each other with gusto, intensity and fervor. Great individual rivalries include Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier when they went head-to-head in three classic heavyweight boxing matches (Fight of

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Racing Tactics In The Open Water

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Beyond the human versus nature aspect of open water swimming, a competitive atmosphere is clearly evident at local, national, and international races. Some people want to merely finish; others want to win. Most competitors are somewhere in the middle. Olympians, professional marathon swimmers, and competitive triathletes have arsenals that contain a variety of racing tactics

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