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The World Open Water Swimming Federation (WOWSF) was founded in 2024 by Steven Munatones and Antonio Argüelles to provide a broad range of resources supporting the global growth, promotion, and recognition of all forms of open water swimming including exceptional solo and relay swims. WOWSF provides new and significantly expanded next-generation content based on his older WOWSA and 10kswim’s platforms, developed 24 years ago.
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.
Fighting Knight Mevlut Efe Guler Outsprints Big Blue Joshua Brown at the CSCAA Open Water National Championships
Lynn University sophomore Mevlut Efe Guler (@m.efe_glr, World Aquatics bio here) upset favored...
50 Years Ago Across The English Channel, There Were Great Races
One of the Daily Mail races and the Billy Butlin Cross Channel International Swims are well-known...
Joshua Brown Leads Big Blue at the CSCAA Open Water National Championships
Joshua Brown of the University of Michigan (@joshua_._brown, World Aquatics bio here) will have a...
Wen-Erh Hsu Completes First Swim from Xiǎo Liúqiú to the Taiwanese Mainland
Channel swimmer and coach Wen-Erh Hsu of Taipei completed a 9.7 nm channel crossing from Xiǎo Liúqiú to the Taiwanese mainland
The Unique Devil’s Island Trophy, A Wonderful Accolade To The Unselfish
The Devil’s Island Trophy is awarded by the Sandycove Island Swimmers to the best local crew for a marathon swim.
Wetsuits Are a Possibility for the LA28 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
The qualification procedures for the Olympic 10 km open water swim were announced by the IOC and World Aquatics. Due to the expected water temperatures, wetsuits may be mandatory among the swimmers