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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.
Way Back When In The Aegean Sea
24 women and 32 men lined up on the starting pontoons that spanned the Seine at the 2024 Olympic...
Husbands and Wives Honored…Congratulations, Ferry Weertman and Ranomi Kromowidjojo
The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame has inducted husband-and-wife duos throughout its...
Congratulations, Sid Cassidy
The International Swimming Hall of Fame (@ishof_museum)will hold its 61st Annual Honoree...
Swimming Solo: Japan’s Representative Yuko Matsuzaki To Be Honored
After a 19-year professional marathon swimming career where she was the only Japanese representative, Yuko Matsuzaki is receiving the Overseas Diplomatic Mission Award from the Japanese government.
Inchbaggers, Swimming To, From, and Around the Islands of Loch Lomond
Chris Sifleet of the Inchbaggers has been in, around, and across the lochs, lakes, and islands of Scotland and throughout the UK over her 50-year career.
Darecations In The Open Water – Americas Version
Darecations have long been planned, attempted, and completed by open water swimmers around the world. Here are some well-known open water swimming darecations throughout the Americas