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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.

Martyn Webster Is Barraesque, Wins The Barra Award

Courtesy of Marathon Swimmers Federation. Martyn Webster enjoyed and experienced a Barraesque year in 2018. The 51-year-old British, one of the World’s Top 50 Most Adventurous Swimmers, received the 2019 Barra Award for Most Outstanding Year of Marathon Swimming (all considered) from the Marathon Swimmers Federation. * On April 14th, he completed a 14.4 km […]

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Global Swim Series Awards & Ireland Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Celebration

Courtesy of Stephen Millar, Irish Long Distance Swimming Association. Global Swim Series 11th Annual Awards for the 2018 Season & Ireland Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame will be held at Belfast Castle on February 9th – 10th. Organized by Stephen Martin, Paul McCambridge and Joao Santos, Lord Mayor Deirdre Hargey will give the welcoming address

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Cameron Bellamy Honored By The Marathon Swimmers Federation

Courtesy of Marathon Swimmers Federation. Cameron Bellamy founded the Ubunye Challenge, an initiative to raise funds for sustainable development in the poorest areas of Africa through sports challenges. And what a challenge he accomplished in November 2018. On his second attempt, he completed a 90 km circumnavigation swim around the island of Barbados. His unprecedented

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Francesco Ghettini, Barbara Pozzoban Win In Río Coronda

Courtesy of Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda, Río Coronda, Argentina. Italian men swept the podium at the Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda yesterday with their female teammate standing on top of the women’s podium. Francesco Ghettini and Barbara Pozzoban won the 45th edition that changed its traditional 57 km course down

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