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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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French, Americans Swim Commemorative Relay Over There!

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While American President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron have their political differences at the highest levels, at the local level six Americans and six French swimmers are coming together as one united group. The 12 swimmers are preparing to cross the English Channel in a joint relay swim

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2017 World’s 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women

2017 World’s 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women Courtesy of www.hd-production.at at the 2017 Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere World Championships in Burghausen, Germany. The World Open Water Swimming Association posted its 2017 list of the World’s 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women, listed alphabetically by last name. The list includes contemporary aquatic adventurers who have

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2017 World’s 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Men

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The World Open Water Swimming Association last published its list of the World’s 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Men in 2015. Without a doubt, these 50 men lead daring, courageous, and audacious lifestyles with mindsets that are rare. Similar to other dryland adventurers who challenge Mother Nature amid snow-covered

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Patty Kohlmann Sprints From The Pool To The Open Water

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Patricia Kohlmann is a 2-time Olympic sprinter and 2-time Pan American Games bronze medalist who also coaches masters swimmers and open water swimmers with Team Kohlmann. After participating in the 1983 Pan American Games, the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games and the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, she turned to

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