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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.
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Lady Merle Liivand Honored By Estonia
Lady Merle Liivand (34, Estonia, MSF bio here, IISA bio here) was knighted as a Dame of The...
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Swimsuit? Check. Googles? Check. Ear plugs. Check. Lanolin, Vaseline, jellyfish ointment? Check....
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Channel swimmer and coach Wen-Erh Hsu of Taipei is a globe-trotting ambassador of open water swimming and has established the Taiwanese Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming in her native waters.
Heading to the Finish of the Swim The World Campaign
315 teams are participating in the SwimTrek campaign #SwimTheWorld, the world’s largest virtual swim campaign.
Clean Guaíba Lake in Brazil
Francismar Siviero organized the 4th edition of Clean Guaíba Lake where 200 volunteers and dozens of local government agencies and supportive companies helped strengthen the environmental agenda in Porto Alegre.