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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.

Tim Hochradel, Managing Marathoners Around The World

Courtesy of Tim Hochradel on Tateyama Hojo Coast in Chiba, Japan. Tim Hochradel was a former competitive swimmer who has focused on and utilized his dryland skills to support elite open water swimmers after his retirement from pool competitions. He has served as a team manager for USA Swimming at the 2015 FINA Marathon Swimming […]

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Klinke, Motobu, Pipes, Sakovich Honored In Hawaii

Courtesy of Carl Kawauchi, Hawaii Swimming Hall of Fame, Honolulu. Carl Kawauchi announced the Class of 2018 in the Hawaii Swimming Hall of Fame. At the Hawaii Swimming Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Banquet on September 8th, 15 swimmers, divers, water safety, coaches, and contributors were honored including: * Ulrich Klinke who completed the

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Four Women In Search Of Memphre Find Success

Courtesy of Phil White, Lake Memphremagog, Vermont (USA) – Quebec (Canada). On September 12th, 48-year-old Susan Knight, 41-year-old Abigail Fairman, 30-year-old Kate English, and 27-year-old Daniela Klaz completed the 40.2 km cross-border swim across Lake Memphremagog between Newport, Vermont in the USA and Magog, Quebec in Canada. In Search of Memphre started at midnight, continued

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Evan Morrison’s LongSwims Database And So Much More

Courtesy of WOWSA, The Olympic Club, San Francisco, California. Scott Zornig has worked with Evan Morrison on the Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association board of directors since 2011. “During this period, I developed enormous respect for Evan’s dedication to the sport of marathon swimming. I became acutely aware of his superior intelligence, skills, passion and

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