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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.
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Ross Edgley (@rossedgley) came out with a new book and a new documentary film series. Great...
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Steve Wozniak (USA, MSF bio here) was inducted as an Honor Swimmer in the International Marathon...
Ricardo Perlingeiro Mendes da Silva Continues to Pioneer Breaststroke Swims
Ricardo Perlingeiro Mendes da Silva (58, Brazil, MSF bio here) set another record in his prolific...
Mark Sowerby Talks About Endurance In The Ocean and On Dryland. His Oceans Seven Journey Continues
October 24th, Don’t Be Prey – a film about Mark Sowerby’s Oceans Seven journey amid life’s challenges – will premiere in London.
2°C In Molveno While Celebrating 5 World Ice Swimming Records
5 world ice swimming records were set at the IISA 2nd European Open Ice Swimming Championships held in Molveno, Italy
Ay Chihuahua, It Was Cold In Mexico
Ice Miler and marathon swimmer Anna Valeria Zuccolotto Soto is leading the charge in cold water swimming in Mexico, with Chihuahua as the epicenter