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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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Swimming Closely Together Over Long, Long Distances

Photos of Jaimie Monahan courtesy of Arik Thormahlen around Manhattan Island, New York. At each of the 64 km Traversée Internationale du lac St-Jean double crossings between Roberval-Péribonka-Roberval in Quebec, Canada in 1985, 1986 and 1987, there were great races between two very well-decorated marathon swimmers: Hall of Famers Claudio Plit of Argentina and Philip

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Stephanie Hopson Completes Catalina and The Triple Crown

Courtesy of Catalina Channel Swimming Federation, Catalina Channel, California. 41-year-old Southern Californian Stephanie Hopson completed the Triple Crown Of Open Water Swimming yesterday with a 19 hour 17 minute crossing of the Catalina Channel that ran turbulent at times during the night. After successfully dealing with sustained winds of 15-25 knots and a current pushing

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