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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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Poseidon’s Blessing With Kirby Drawbaugh, A Lesson In Living

Poseidon’s Blessing With Kirby Drawbaugh, A Lesson In Living Courtesy of Bethanie Mitchell, Seattle, Washington. Bethanie Mitchell produced Poseidon’s Blessing about 82-year-old Kirby Drawbaugh. Mitchell describes her documentary on Drawbaught. “Kirby is a lifelong athlete and an ambitious open water swimmer. He continues to set goals, such as swimming the English Channel as part of […]

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Nathalie Luisa Sets Jersey To France Record In 5 Hours 29 Minutes

Nathalie Luisa Sets Jersey To France Record In 5 Hours 29 Minutes Courtesy of Adam Walker, Jersey to France. Nathalie Luisa of Germany set a new record of 5 hours 29 minutes from Jersey to the shores of France today with escort pilot Matthew Clarke, observer Sam Pipon, and crew Adam Walker. Copyright © 2008

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From Notes To A Typewriter And A Laptop: A History Of Marathon Swimming

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In order to preserve decades of marathon swimming history, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and International Swimming Hall of Fame dual inductee Dale Petranech maintained a huge stack of type-written pages from Joe Grossman for over three decades. “Grossman was a public information officer and was recognized as

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Team Rivard Talks About Their Swimming Adventures On WOWSA Live

Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Kevin (father), Darcie (mother), Vera (older sister), and Margaret (younger sister) Rivard are the First Family of open water swimming in the Northeast of the United States. The family plans, trains, kayaks, travels, and does open water swimming like few other families. Everyone has a specific role. They

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Margaret Park Goes Down Memory Lane On WOWSA Live

Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame chairman Ned Denison interviewed Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Margaret Park, a retired swim school teacher in Canada on today’s edition of WOWSA Live. The energetic 79-year-old former professional marathon swimmer came from a family of swimmers that included International Marathon Swimming

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Matthias Kaßner Talks About Berlin Köpenick Marathon Swim

Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. 52-year-old Matthias Kaßner from Germany has achieved the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, an Ice Mile, and completed five Oceans Seven channels to date. Kaßner was scheduled to attempt his sixth Oceans Seven channel – the Molokai Channel – this summer, but had to cancel it due

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Arianna Bridi, Ana Marcela Cunha Go 1-2 Overall at Maratona Del Golfo Capri-Napoli

Photos courtesy of Swim4Life Magazine at Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli, Italy. The Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli is one of the longest running and most competitive professional marathon swims in history. The greatest professional marathon swimmers in the world have won in the famous race from Capri Island to Napoli in Italy: John Kinsella, Claudio Plit,

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