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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.

14 Swimmers At The Bottom Of The World

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Courtesy of Ger Kennedy, Southern Ocean, Antarctica. Antarctica 2020 International Swim is a series of ice swims and environmental swims held inside the Antarctic Circle (66°33′46.5″ south) that replicates and celebrates Lynne Cox‘s pioneering Antarctica 1.7 km swim in Neko Bay in 2002 and celebrates the 200-year anniversary of the discovery of Antarctica by Russian explorer Fabian Gottlieb Thaddeus von Bellingshausen with swims in the Bellingshausen Sea and the Weddell Sea, organized […]

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Out of Comfort Zone By Deniz Kayadelen

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Courtesy of Pelin Çelik, Turkey. Turkish swimmer Deniz Kayadelen knows about being cold, stressed, and out of her comfort zone. She was part of Out of our Comfort Zone, a four-person relay across the English Channel in August 2019 with Raha Akhavan-Tabatabaei, Emre Deliveli, and Ayse Yasemin Bagana. She also participated in the 91.27 km Peace Route Swim, a 9-person relay swim between Girne on the

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Dick Campion Talks About Enjoying The Challenge On WOWSA Live

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Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Dick Campion, a member of the Class of 2011 in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, has led an incredible aquatic life that has spanned being a competitive swimmer in the 400m and 1500m freestyle and 800m relay, representing Great Britain, at the 1960 Olympic Games in

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Swimming Colder, Farther, Faster With Paul Georgescu

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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Paul Georgescu of Romania has completed two hard swims in 2020 – both completely different. He first set a Zero Ice Mile record in Hanusee Bay in Antarctica in 0.6°C water as part of the Antarctica 2020 International Swim, completing the mile in 22 minutes 44 seconds last February. Then,

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MV Christena Memorial Swim with Valérie Grégorio, Jane Hansom, Mary Parks, Geoff Folsom

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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Valérie Grégorio found her way to St Kitts from her native Québec, Canada. Valérie Grégoire is a marine biologist, coach, triathlete, open water swimmer, scuba dive instructor, Reef Check coordinator, a PADI Instructor, and the head swimming coach for the Special Olympics St Kitts athletes.​  Grégoire started the MV Christena Memorial Swim, an

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