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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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30th Annual Gar Woods Polar Bear Swim In Lake Tahoe

Courtesy of Kimberly Moore, Marketing Director Tahoe Restaurant Collection, Lake Tahoe, California. A high-altitude swimming tradition in the cold continued on its third decade. Gar Woods Grill & Pier hosted the 30th Annual Coolest and Largest Shrinkage Event, the high-altitude swim known as the Gar Woods Polar Bear Swim on March 3rd following the Tahoe […]

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Leticia Flores Hernandez Traveling The World

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Leticia Flores Hernandez is a veteran Mexican swimmer who combines family travel with her open water swimming schedule. Beginning in 2010, Flores with her husband Arndt and two children traveled from their home in Mexico City to swims around Manhattan Island and in Wisconsin and Sweden. That does not

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Amanda Caldwell Of Rice Honored By Coaching Peers

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Amanda Caldwell of Rice University was awarded the Jean Freeman Scholarship by the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA). The assistant coach finished her sixth season at Rice and has helped the Owls to three Conference USA titles and one CSCAA National Invitational Championship. The Owls

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