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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.
To Swim Or Not To Swim, That Is The Question
What Motivates Me to Swim as Much as I Do, Now That is a Good Question! Melodee Liegl (58, USA,...
Markus Rogan, Juliet Kadlecek and Irena Requena Win Multiple Events at Memphremagog Winter Swimming Festival
Dr. Markus Rogan, PsyD, LMFT (43, Austria, IISA bio here, World Aquatics bio here,...
Ocean Man Ted Lomicka Completes The Maui Nui Swim
Completing a triangular course in the open ocean – especially in the middle of the Pacific...
A Red Carpet Welcome Down Under For Don’t Be Prey
The film Don’t Be Prey will culminate the 2026 Gold Coast Film Festival
So Many Things To Be Afraid Of…For 10 Years During 7 Crossings: One Unbelievable Journey
The film Don’t Be Prey will hold its World Premiere at the Silver Screen Cinema in Folkestone today, followed by a two-week Q&A preview tour across the UK and Ireland, giving swimming communities and cinema audiences the chance
to experience the film ahead of its general release on March 20th.
Joanne Norman On Her Last Leg of the Oceans Seven…Done
Joanne Norman has completed six of the Oceans Seven channels. She was swimming well en route across the Molokai Channel this morning.