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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.

Nabil & Nasser Elshazly, Influencers From Alexandria

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Influencers From Alexandria Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Nasser Elshazly is not only an Honor Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame as his father Captain Nabil Elshazly is, they both helped to widely promote the sport and support many events and other swimmers, both domestically in their native country of

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Shelley Taylor-Smith On WOWSA Live

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Shelley Taylor-Smith On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. In a throwback episode (from December 2010) of Open Water Wednesday (the precursor to WOWSA Live), 7-time world professional marathon swimming champion Shelley Taylor-Smith spoke with Steven Munatones on a variety of topics. Taylor-Smith had several incredible seasons on the professional circuit, but

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Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli – My First Pro Marathon Swim

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Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli – My First Pro Marathon Swim Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Yuko Matsuzaki, the only Japanese Honor Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, brings her Japanese perspective and humor to every open water swim she does. Yuko-san explained her first experience in a professional marathon swim

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Sally Minty-Gravett, Otto Thaning, Ned Denison Give Tribute To Varne Ridge On WOWSA Live

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Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Sally Minty-Gravett, MBE from Jersey, and Dr. Otto Thaning of Cape Town, South Africa recalled their time at the Varne Ridge Holiday Park in Folkestone, England. Owned and operated by Evelyn Frantzeskou and her husband David Frantzeskou who passed away

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