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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.
The Unprecedented Ice Mile Adventures of Ger Kennedy, Teodor Tsvetkov, Stève Stievenart, Conor O Connor Conclude in the Five Lakes of Mount Fuji
Ger Kennedy (56, Ireland, IISA bio here), Stève Stievenart (48, France, IISA bio here), Teodor...
富士五湖の極限アイス・マイル・アドベンチャー
東京から約 2 時間の距離にある、日本最大の山であり活火山でもある雄大な富士山を取り囲むように、日本には 5 つの湖があります。...
Preparations to Swim at the Bottom of the World – Antarctica Ice Swimming
Prior to his sixth swimming expedition to Antarctica, Ram Barkai (68, South Africa, IISA bio here,...
Women In The Water
An increasing number of women from all walks of life and all ages are entering the open water and expanding their network of friends with the common interest in being comfortable in the water.
Learning About Human Limits and Training To Reach Your Limit
How Norwegian superstar cross-country skier Johannes Høsflot Klæbo trains and what he focuses on offers great insights for open water swimmers.
The British Are Coming, The British Are Coming…to Sarasota, Florida
SwimTrek will offer open water swimming clinics at the USA Swimming Open Water Swimming Championships and the U.S. Masters Swimming Open Water Nationals in Sarasota, Florida