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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.
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Suwei Chen Aims to Become the First Oceans Seven Swimmer from China
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Mayra Santos Living Her Dreams with Madeira Open Water Swim
Mayra Santos has pioneered several marathon swims in the Madeira Islands, off the coast of Portugal. She is living her dream and sharing it with others through Madeira Open Water Swim events
Matías Díaz Hernández, Mayte Puca Repeat Victories of Argentine Greats
Matías Díaz Hernández and Mayte Puca of Argentina replicated the victories of Argentine swimmers in the famed Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean in 2025. Who will win in 2026?
The Desert Swimmer Emerges From The Australian Outback
Brendan Cullen has been endearing readers and listeners of his most unlikely story, transforming himself from a sheep grazier in the Australian Outback to a channel swimmer