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Steven Muñatones
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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 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.
IISA Explains Its Suspension of Cody Miller
The first American Olympic swimmer to compete in ice swimming was Keaton Jones (20, IISA bio here,...
Where Is The Open Water Swimming Information from the Pre-Internet, Pre-SmartPhone, Pre-Social Media, Snail Mail Era?
Where is all the open water swimming information from the pre-Internet, pre-smartphone, pre-social...
10 Hours 43 Minutes…An Unimaginable Coincidence in the English Channel
Raymond Dixon (78, Great Britain, MSF bio here) and Corrie Dixon (née Ebbelaar, 76, Netherlands,...
From The Cold Pacific Ocean In Winter To University Leadership
Among a small group of young athletes who started to train in the ocean during the Covid pandemic, many of them transitioned to positions of leadership five years later.
Shark Incidents in California
A 55-year-old woman was swimming off Lover’s Point on the southern edge of Monterey Bay in California was reported to have been attacked by a shark. The search continues.
Nora Toledano and Jaime Lomelín Offer a 3-day Clinic in Laguna de Bacalar
Nora Toledano Cadena and Jaime Lomelín Gavaldón offer a 3-day open water swimming clinic in the Laguna de Bacalar, known for its stunningly beautiful water in Quintana Roo, Mexico.