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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.
More Miles For Manatees
Courtesy of Jessica Kieras, PhD (44, USA, MSF bio here). What doing a swim-a-thon for Save the...
Chris Cook Is Back At SCAR, Setting The Pace Across Saguaro
The 2026 SCAR Swim Challenge, the 4-day stage swim in Arizona, is on with Day One across Saguaro...
Quartet From Oahu Swim from Tahiti to Mo’orea and Around Bora Bora
Chris Chuck, Ryan Leong, Rachel Randall, and Thomas Rathbun normally train in...
Chris Cook Goes 3 for 3, Winning A Beautiful Day On Apache
Chris Cook and Jessica Deckard set the pace across Apache Lake on Day Three of the SCAR Swim Challenge in Arizona. While Cook maintains a commanding lead, the women’s race is coming down to the wire.
Moesha Johnson Continues to Dominate, Wins The World Cup 10K in Ibiza
Moesha Johnson continues to show her LA28 gold medal potential in winning the World Cup 10 km in Ibiza, Spain at the second stop of the World Cup Open Water Swimming circuit.
David Betlehem Handles the Chop and Cold, Wins The World Cup in Ibiza
David Betlehem of Hungary continues to show his LA28 podium potential in winning the World Cup 10 km in Ibiza, Spain at the second stop of the World Cup Open Water Swimming circuit.