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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.
Markers, Memorials, and Monuments of Open Water Swimming Greats
Many other open water swimming greats have been honored over the last 140 years. There are...
Unique Japanese Words That Open Water Swimmers Can Appreciate
In swimming from the north to south, and from east to west of Japan, I have learned a lot about...
Edie Hu Becomes First Woman to Cross from Oahu To Molokai
Edie Hu (50, USA, MSF bio here, @edieswimshongkong) is one of the World’s 50 Most...
Notables Across The Strait of Gibraltar During The 2025 Season
Notable swimmers across the 14.4 km Strait of Gibraltar during the 2025 season included Marcia Cleveland, Sarah Thomas, Sayani Das, Andreas Waschburger, Kathryn Mason, Luis Gilberto Noriega Hoces, Anshuman Jhingran and Tuna Tunca
Inspirational In Ilhabela
Francismar Siviero is now competing on the domestic Brazilian open water swim series – like the Ilhabela Channel Crossing – before heading off to Argentina for the OCEANMAN race in Córdoba on his global tour.
Seas The Day Leads Swim Together Around The World After Week 1
Seas The Day is currently leading the SwimTrek campaign #SwimTheWorld, the world’s largest virtual swim campaign, after Week 1.