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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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Three For Three, Déjà Vu Across The North Channel

Courtesy of Infinity Channel Swimming & Piloting Services, North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland. Below the Kilnatriggan Lighthouse in Portpatrick, Scotland, young Indian swimmer Prabhat Koli had just finished his own North Channel crossing, but waited patiently for his South African colleague, Kieron Palframan to finish his own North Channel swim. Koli finished the

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Prabhat Koli: 5 Down, 2 To Go For The Oceans Seven

Courtesy of Sal Minty-Gravett MBE, North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland. Prabhat Koli became the youngest individual to cross the North Channel from Northern Ireland to Scotland. Koli described his 5th channel success en route to his Oceans Seven challenge, “The North Channel [is] done and ticked off the list. This was surely the

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The Unprecedented Two-Way Three Times, Twice As Nice

Courtesy of Ned Denison, English Channel. Corporate attorney Courtney Moates Paulk is closing in on the Double Triple. The Double Triple is a double accomplishment of the traditional Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming . A swimmer must completed a solo two-way crossing of the English Channel, a solo two-way crossing of the Catalina Channel

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