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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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Swim With Mike, A 40-Year Tribute Of Turning Tragedy To Triumph

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Swim With Mike, A 40-Year Tribute Of Turning Tragedy To Triumph Courtesy of Loretta Abdun-Nur Joseph, Swim With Mike. Swim With Mike is a recently completed documentary film about former competitive swimmer Mike Nyeholt and the incredible generosity that arose from an unfortunate accident. A dirt bike accident left the 3-time NCAA Swimming national champion […]

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Samurai As Scholars, Swimmers, And Swordsmen

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Samurai As Scholars, Swimmers, And Swordsmen Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Japanese samurai has to master many things including swordsmanship, Chinese studies, poetry, spiritual discipline…and open water swimming. Samurai learned suijutsu or suiei-jutsu (水術 in Japanese), one form of a martial art of combative swimming. The samurai encountered numerous situations where he might need

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2020 Greek Open Water Swimming Grand Prix Results

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2020 Greek Open Water Swimming Grand Prix Results Courtesy of Ioannis Kotsiopoulos, Athens, Greece. Ioannis Kotsiopoulos has competed in marathon swims around the world, from the English Channel to Egypt, Argentina, Croatia, Hungary and many throughout his native country of Greece. He manages the marathon swimming club called Leandros and Greek Open Water Swimming Grand

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Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honors Susanne Guesdon

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Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honors Susanne Guesdon Courtesy of Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Chris Guesdon and Gary Toner announced Susanne Guesdon as a member of the inaugural Class of 2020 in the Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. They explained, “Susanne Guesdon is a versatile Australian marathon swimming administrator. She has

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Ram Barkai Announces New Freedom Swim Wave Series In South Africa

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Ram Barkai Announces New Freedom Swim Wave Series In South Africa Courtesy of Ram Barkai, Freedom Swim, Cape Town, South Africa. Ram Barkai, founder of the International Ice Swimming Association and long-time race director in his hometown of Cape Town and around the world, recently launched the new Freedom Swim in South Africa. The Freedom

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Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honors Roger Bruce

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Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honors Roger Bruce Courtesy of Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Chris Guesdon and Gary Toner announced Roger Bruce as a member of the inaugural Class of 2020 in the Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. They explained, “Coach Roger Bruce is Australian Swim Team coach number number 51

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2020-2021 International Winter Swimming Association Calendar

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2020-2021 International Winter Swimming Association Calendar Courtesy of the International Winter Swimming Association. Winter is coming and so is the International Winter Swimming Association season that will open in Jelgava, Latvia on November 7th. This season the International Winter Swimming Association events will not have World Cup status because many of international swimmers are not

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Remembering Penny Palfrey’s Bridging The Cayman Islands On WOWSA Live

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Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Penny Palfrey, a mother of three and a grandmother of one from Townsville, Queensland, Australia, committed to the Bridging The Cayman Islands in June 2011 in the Cayman Islands after failing at completing two attempts of swimming from the islands of Oahu to Kauai in the state of

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