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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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Kellie Latimer, Christopher Graefe Win 50 At Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival

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Kellie Latimer, Christopher Graefe Win 50 At Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival Courtesy of Phil White and Ginny Peck, Lake Memphremagog, Vermont, U.S.A. The 6th Annual Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival was held in a two-lane, 25-meter pool cut in the ice in Lake Memphremagog in Newport, Vermont. 34-year-old Kellie Latimer and 45-year-old Christopher Graefe won the […]

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Swimming By The Postcards Project In Lago São Bernardo

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Swimming By The Postcards Project In Lago São Bernardo Courtesy of Vanessa Siviero, photos by Soraya Siviero, translation by Magali Monaco, Lago São Bernardo, São Francisco de Paula, Brazil. Combining sport and solidary attitudes is the brand of Swimming by The Postcards Project. The 2nd Swimming Charity of Lake São Bernardo, which took place in

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Martha Wood, Stephen Rouch Win 100m At Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival

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Martha Wood, Stephen Rouch Win 100m At Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival Courtesy of Phil White and Ginny PeckRobbie Bailey, Lake Memphremagog, Vermont, U.S.A. The 6th Annual Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival was held in a two-lane, 25-meter pool cut in the ice in Lake Memphremagog in Newport, Vermont. 57-year-old Martha Wood and 35-year-old Stephen Rouch won

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Martha Wood, Stephen Rouch Win 200m At Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival

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Martha Wood, Stephen Rouch Win 200m At Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival Courtesy of Phil White and Ginny PeckRobbie Bailey, Lake Memphremagog, Vermont, U.S.A. The 6th Annual Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival was held in a two-lane, 25-meter pool cut in the ice in Lake Memphremagog in Newport, Vermont. 90 winter swimmers entered the pool created by

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Lynton Mortensen Completes Australian Triple Crown

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Lynton Mortensen Completes Australian Triple Crown Courtesy of Chris Guesdon, Derwent River, Tasmania, Australia. With his 11 hour 10 minute completion of the 34 km Derwent River Big Swim in Tasmania, Oceans Seven swimmere Lynton Mortensen notched another achievement in his open water swimming career. Sea Bull, as he is known, became the first person

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Meenakshi Pahuja Honored For Her Achievements

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Meenakshi Pahuja Honored For Her Achievements Courtesy of Ministry of Women and Child Development of the Government of India. Meenakshi Pahuja is an open water swimmer who has completed several marathon swims around the world from Florida, Texas and New York to her native India, Samoa and South Africa. She is also an Assistant Professor

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The New DC Marathon Swim, Pioneered by James Loreto And Denis Crean

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Courtesy of James Loreto, Potomac River, Washington D.C. A popular marathon swim in America is the 17.2 km Portland Bridge Swim that runs through Portland, Oregon down the Willamette River. The course was pioneered by Marisa Frieder in 2010. The event then quickly started to take off in 2011 and became the longest stage of

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