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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.

Ronnie Wong Man Chiu Honored By International Marathon Swimming Hall Of Fame

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Ronnie Wong Man Chiu Honored By International Marathon Swimming Hall Of Fame Courtesy of Ned Denison, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Ronnie Wong Man Chiu was elected as an Honor Administrator in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Class of 2021. Wong is the long-time chairman of the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming […]

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Michelle Lucking’s Rare Talents In The Sea

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Michelle Lucking’s Rare Talents In The Sea Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Michelle Lucking has an eye, imagination, and tactile skills that are very rare among open water swimmers. In fact, her talents and creative vision are rare among the entire population. Lucking, a British open water swimmer, won the prestigious Annie Longley Award

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Jornadas de Formación en Aguas Abiertas with Damián Blaum

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Courtesy of KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. 38-year-old International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Damián Blaum of Argentina has enjoyed and endured one of the most prolific careers on the professional marathon swimming circuit. He has created Jornadas de Formación en Aguas Abiertas with Damián Blaum, a 24-hour 8-week virtual educational curriculum of

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Joe Zemaitis’ 2020 Season Culminates In Roosevelt 4.5

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Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Roosevelt Lake is known among marathon swimmers at the last leg and last stage of the Arizona S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge. The 10 km night swim culminates the 4-stage, 4-day SCAR Swim Challenge and is hosted in Roosevelt Lake that is 25.3 km from length-to-length at its furthest point.

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Joe Zemaitis On Swimming Through A Second Night On WOWSA Live

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Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Joe Zemaitis, coach of Swim Neptune, described his second night of swimming during his 47 hour 23 minute 33 second Roosevelt 4.5 Swim in Roosevelt Lake on today’s edition of WOWSA Live. In the WOWSA Live interview, Coach Zemaitis talked about swimming through the second night on his

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Gabriel Chaillou Honored By The International Marathon Swimming Hall Of Fame

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Courtesy of Ned Denison, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Gabriel Chaillou of Argentina was elected as an Honor Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in the Class of 2021. Denison interviewed Chaillou for today’s WOWSA Live where he talked about: * how he saw all his swims as special including races

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Deeds Of Distinction In The Open Water Swimming World

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Greatness, however defined, is the quality of being great, distinguished, or eminent. “When I think of great open water swimmers, certain names immediately come to mind,” says Steven Munatones. “In history, there were people like Lord Byron, Captain Matthew Webb, Gertrude Ederle, Duke Kahanamoku, Alick Wickham, Robert Dowling, and Annette Kellerman. In the latter half

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