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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.
Melissa Roberts Is Honored With a Medal of the Order of Australia
Open water swimmers throughout the world have been honored by their national governments for their...
Ohhhhh, The Things Open Water Swimmers Eat Around The World
Snails in Greece. Caribou and moose in Canada. Raw fish and raw horse meat in Japan. Snakes and...
No medal Is As Beautiful As Friendship – The Remarkable Life of Dr. Markus Rogan
Imagine being awarded an Olympic gold medal and all the fame and glory associated with that...
A Decade To Destiny. Mark Sowerby’s Solo Challenge Turns Into Triumph and Global Friendships
Don’t Be Prey is an edge-of-your-seat adventure into Mark Sowerby’s fight to reclaim his life by taking on the Oceans Seven. Featuring unforgettable characters, raw vulnerability, and the constant risk of sharks and jellyfish, it’s a gripping, uplifting journey of resilience, reinvention and what it really takes to survive.
Precocious and Eloquent: Prisha Tapre Joins Open Water Luminaries Giving TED Talks
Prisha Tapre is among the global open water swimming luminaries who has given a TEDx Talk.
Ocean Wonders
Exploration in the open water is exploding around the world where swimmers of all ages and genders are swimming across, to, down, and around islands, channels, bays, lakes, and rivers of the world