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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 Across America – Catalina Island Circumnavigation Success

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Swim Across America – Catalina Island Circumnavigation Success Courtesy of Megan Melgaard, Catalina Island, Pacific Ocean. Six Swim Across America relay team members successfully completed a circumnavigation of Catalina Island this morning, raising over US$60,000 for cancer research and cutting-edge clinical trials. The funds will go towards a Young Investigator Grant through Swim Across America […]

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Twins Establish A Global Legacy In Redondo Beach That Extends Around The World

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Twins Establish A Global Legacy In Redondo Beach That Extends Around The World Courtesy of WOWSA, Seaside Lagoon, Redondo Beach, California. Underneath the impressive life-size bronze statue of Bill and Bob Meistrell at Seaside Lagoon in Redondo Beach, California is a plaque that explains the lives of the identical twin watermen. “Bill and Bob Meistrell

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Andrea Bianchi Carries On Italian Tradition From Capri To Napoli

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Andrea Bianchi Carries On Italian Tradition From Capri To Napoli Courtesy of FINA, Capri–Napoli, Italy. For decades, the 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli was considered one of the top open water races in the world. The tradition of swimming from the island of Capri and racing to Marina Grande Beach in Napoli on the

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