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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.
Stève Stievenart Is First To Achieve Triple Corona del Fin del Mundo
While Stève Stievenart is relentless, the sea is unforgiving. This collision between the Frenchman...
The 2026 Tsugaru Channel Season – Foreigners Freestyling in the Far East
The Asian leg of the Oceans Seven is centered around the Tsugaru Channel in Japan, a technically...
Daring In Denmark
There were three International Ice Swimming Association events in Denmark held dn the second half...
Quartet From Oahu Swim from Tahiti to Mo’orea and Around Bora Bora
Chris Chuck, Ryan Leong, Rachel Randall, and Thomas Rathbun completed a channel crossing from Tahiti to Mo’orea and a swim around Bora Bora on their annual aquatic adventure
Conditions Constantly Change
Greek philosopher Heraclitus commented on how nothing is ever the same, “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.”
Steven Leitch and John Batchelder…Six Down, One To Go
Steven Leitch and John Batchelder each completed their sixth Oceans Seven channel in a 4 hour 45 minute tandem crossing with Alex Rossi.