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Steven Muñatones
Editor
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 created the www.imshof.org, www.openwaterswimming.com, www.openwaterpedia.com, and www.dailynewsofopenwaterswimming.com websites among many others.
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, and 2022 Dale Petranech Award for Services to the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.
Higher, Faster, Stronger, Safer: Eagle’s Rebirth: A Lifesaver’s Odyssey
Eagle’s Rebirth: A Lifesaver’s Odyssey to Gold is a 15-minute film about Pantelis Avramidis who...
Moesha Johnson, David Betlehem Win 3 km Knockout Sprints at Golfo Aranci
The 3 km Knockout Sprints are 3 races in one short window. Each race (1500m first, 1000m second,...
All For One. One For All. Italy Wins Mixed Relay In Front of Home Crowd at Golfo Aranci
In all of aquatic sports, there is no start more unusual, more exciting, more powerful than the...
Redux in Marine Stadium for the 2026 Pan Pacific Championships
Americans Mariah Denigan, Brinkleigh Hansen, Becca Mann, mother-of-two Ashley Twichell, Ivan Puskovitch, Joey Tepper, Dylan Gravley, and Joshua Brown will defend their home turf at the 2026 Pan Pacific Championships in Long Beach’s Marine Stadium.
Iskander Sagarminaga’s Molokai Channel Crossing Started Off Tough in the Dark – and Ended Up Tough in the Dark
Iskander Sagarminaga Ateaga of Spain completed a tough 18 hour 53 minute crossing of the Molokai Channel under the escort of Michael Twigg-Smith.
The Adventures and Lessons of Theo and Violet – From The Mind of Paul Asmuth
Dual inductee Paul Asmuth wrote his second book, The Adventures and Lessons of Theo and Violet – Wonders of the Oceans, aimed at children and parents alike