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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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Aleksandra Bednarek Wins International Winter Swimming World Championships 100m Breaststroke

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Aleksandra Bednarek Wins International Winter Swimming World Championships 100m Breaststroke Courtesy of International Winter Swimming World Championships, Lake Bled, Slovenia. Aleksandra Bednarek of Poland won the 100m breaststroke at the 2020 International Winter Swimming World Championships in 1:20.94, just a bit faster than Marion Joffle who finished second overall in 1:21.69 and Elina Mäkinen in […]

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Kristóf Rasovszky Awarded FINA’s World Open Water Swimmer Of The Year

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Kristóf Rasovszky Awarded FINA’s World Open Water Swimmer Of The Year Courtesy of FINA. FINA awarded its Male World Open Water Swimmer Of The Year recognition to Hungary’s Kristóf Rasovszky who won a FINA World Championships 5 km title and the overall title in the season-long FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series. He represented Hungary in

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Ana Marcela Cunha Awarded FINA’s World Open Water Swimmer Of The Year

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Ana Marcela Cunha Awarded FINA’s World Open Water Swimmer Of The Year Courtesy of FINA. FINA awarded its Female World Open Water Swimmer Of The Year recognition to Brazil’s Ana Marcela Cunha who won two FINA World Championship titles in the 5 km and 25 km, qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics 10 km marathon

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Galilee Marathon Swimming Association Launched

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Galilee Marathon Swimming Association Launched Courtesy of Guy Cohen and Eyal Schachner, Galilee Marathon Swimming Association, Sea of Galilee, Israel. Guy Cohen and Eyal Schachner of the Galilee Marathon Swimming Association announced, “We are excited to announce the new and first marathon swimming association in Israel. Our website is up and running, the association is

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Julien Zinsmeister Vítek Wins International Winter Swimming World Championships 450m

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Julien Zinsmeister Vítek Wins International Winter Swimming World Championships 450m Courtesy of International Winter Swimming World Championships, Lake Bled, Slovenia. Julien Zinsmeister of France followed up his new age group record in the 1000m freestyle at the 2020 International Winter Swimming World Championships in Lake Bled, Slovenia with the fastest overall time in the 450m

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Alisa Fatum Goes 2 For 2 At International Winter Swimming World Championships

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Alisa Fatum Goes 2 For 2 At International Winter Swimming World Championships Courtesy of International Winter Swimming World Championships, Lake Bled, Slovenia. Alisa Fatum followed up her 1000m freestyle victory and new record at the 2020 International Winter Swimming World Championships in Lake Bled, Slovenia with the fastest time (6:00.77) in the 450m event. Julia

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Rostislav Vítek Wins International Winter Swimming World Championships 1K

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Rostislav Vítek Wins International Winter Swimming World Championships 1K Courtesy of International Winter Swimming World Championships, Lake Bled, Slovenia. Julien Zinsmeister of France shattered the International Winter Swimming World Championships 1000m age group record in Lake Bled, Slovenia in 12:40.43, breaking the existing record of 15:56.02 – and becoming one of the handful of swimmers

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Alisa Fatum, Queen Of Both The Ice And Winter Swimming World Championships

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Alisa Fatum, Queen Of Both The Ice And Winter Swimming World Championships Courtesy of Colin Hill, Lake Bled, Slovenia. Alisa Fatum of Germany won the 1000m race at International Winter Swimming World Championships in Lake Bled, Slovenia in 13:09.00 in 5.6°C water. Her time shattered the existing IWSA world record of 14:58.00 and was just

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