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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.

2022 International Ice Swimming Association World Championships

2022 International Ice Swimming Association World Championships Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 50m, 100m, 200m, 500m, 750m and 1000m freestyle events were on tap at the Rueda Winter Swimming Polish Cup, an ice swimming event sanctioned by the International Ice Swimming Association in Januszkowice, Poland on November 15th. The event is a precursor to […]

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Régent Lacoursière, l’homme de l’eau

Régent Lacoursière, l’homme de l’eau Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Canada’s Régent Lacoursière was a professional marathon swimmer who was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in 1978 as an Honor Swimmer. Lacoursière was ranked 5th in the 1964 World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation series, 7th in 1965, 5th in 1966,

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Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Class Of 2020/2021 Announced

Courtesy of Christopher Guesdon, Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Today the Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame announced 24 additional Honorees. These athletes are members of the Inaugural Class of 2020/2021. Christopher Guesdon who explains the background and history of the Hall of Fame, explained, “These swimmers and contributors are noteworthy in the sport.

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Watch Mayra Santos Do Longest Continuous Swim In A Counter Current Pool

Watch Mayra Santos Do Longest Continuous Swim In A Counter Current Pool Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. This month, the Longest Continuous Swim in a Counter-current Pool has been extended for the fifth time in six years. Swimmers from Australia, Denmark, Japan, Spain and Brazil/Portugal has swum over the years to extend the

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Strong Together – Even Apart With Phil White At The Virtual Winter Swim

Strong Together – Even Apart With Phil White At The Virtual Winter Swim Courtesy of Phil White, Lake Memphremagog, Vermont. Phil White addresses the unprecedented coronavirus lockdowns with the creativity and camaraderie that he is known for. He explains about his Virtual Winter Swim, “In these grimmest of times, we have decided that our Memphremagog

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Champions, Adventurers, Record Holders, Endurers, And Supporters In The Hall Of Fame

Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. This year, Julian Critchlow (Honor Administrator from the UK), Neville Smith (Honor Administrator from South Africa), Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli (Honor Organization from Italy), Gabriel Chaillou (Honor Swimmer from Argentina), Ronnie Wong Man Chiu, BBS, JP (Honor Administrator from Hong Kong), Yvetta Tulip Hlaváčová (Honor Swimmer from the

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Bárbara Hernández Huerta, The Ice Mermaid, Crosses Lake Chungará At 4,560m

Bárbara Hernández Huerta, The Ice Mermaid, Crosses Lake Chungará At 4,560m Courtesy of WOWSA, Chungará Lake, Andes Mountains, Chile. Bárbara Hernández Huerta, known in Spanish as la Sirena de Hielo and in English as the Ice Mermaid, lived up to her name this past week. On November 28th, she completed 7.5 km high-altitude swim across

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Dryland Training With Lexie Kelly On Mauna Endurance

Dryland Training With Lexie Kelly On Mauna Endurance Courtesy of Mauna Endurance and KAATSU Global, Newport Beach, California. Open water specialist Lexie Kelly offers dryland training workouts with Mauna Endurance, a company founded by Philip Billikopf and staffed by engineers, bankers, accountants, and advertisers who are also endurance athletes. Mauna Endurance offers 1-on-1 and online

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