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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.
When The Politics of Sports Get It Right
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Marine Creatures To Watch For In The Open Water … Adding Bears To The List
Open water swimmers have ever-growing opportunities to venture beyond the shorelines around the...
Notables Across The Strait of Gibraltar During The 2025 Season
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Alex Meyer’s Journey To The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
Retired Olympic marathon swimmer Alex Meyer was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honor Swimmer after winning the 2010 World 25 km Championships and the 2016 Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean, and representing the USA at numerous world championships.
Rachel Griffin, Surprised and Saved by Jellies, Achieves The Triple Crown
Rachel Griffin was stung badly by jellyfish. Her dreams of finishing her crossing of the English Channel and achieving the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming seemed gone. But the painful jellyfish stings had an unexpected outcome.
Victor Piñeiro Joins The 24-Hour Club in an Unprecedented Isle of Man to Ireland Crossing
Victor Piñeiro became a member of the 24-Hour Club by completing an unprecedented crossing from the Isle of Man to the Irish mainland, south of Guns Island.