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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.
Calm, Clarity At AQUA and ICE Camp In The Baltic Sea
Ice Swimming Camp in the Baltic Sea Between January 2nd – 6th 2027, Gerald Daringer (48,...
Teamwork Exhibited on the Shoreline at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
The main story lines at the 2026 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships 10 km races were the dominance...
Corrections Expected at Men’s Pan Pacific Championships 10K
The announced results of the 2026 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships 10 km race in Long Beach,...
All Kinds of Pool Speed at the Pan Pacific Championships
After the 10 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships were completed in Marine Stadium, several open water swimmers took to the pool at the Championships to represent their countries.
It All Started In 1985 – Vasanti Niemz Achieves Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming
After 41 years, Vasanti Niemz finally achieve the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. She did her first English Channel crossing in 1985 and did the Catalina Channel crossing this month, swimming for 18 hours 24 minutes.
IJsselmeer Zwemmarathon, It Started With A Dream
The 22 km IJsselmeer zwemmarathon will be held in the Netherlands this coming Saturday. It all started with a dream by Jan van Scheijndel, an Honor Swimmer inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.