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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.
Living Large. Dream Big. Go For An Offshore Adventure.
Shane Parrish of The Knowledge Project shared this profound reflection by 85-year-old Nadine Stair...
Brian McLaughlin and Melodee Liegl Win 2025 USMS Go The Distance
Brian McLaughlin (70, MSF bio here) and Melodee Liegl (58, MSF bio here) both swim. Early. A lot....
The Speed, Stamina, and Experience of Olympic 10K Marathon Swimmers – The Women
24 women lined up on the starting pontoon that spanned the Seine at the 2024 Olympic 10K Marathon...
Congratulations, Sid Cassidy
Ferry Weertman of the Netherlands and Sid Cassidy of the USA will be inducted in the International Swimming Hall of Fame at its annual Induction Ceremonies on May 16th 2026
Epic Swim Maui – Circumnavigation Stage Swim Data
The members of Epic Swim Maui includes swimmers, but also scientists, researchers, a navigation and safety team, and volunteers who came together for different purposes but with the same goal: promote and enable a call to action for Global Ocean Health
John Charles Curley Goes High to Get Closer to The Toughest Thirteen – 10 Down, 3 To Go
An Irishman was the first person in history to complete the Oceans Seven. John Charles Curley, another Irishman, is on track the first person in history to complete The Toughest Thirteen. He completed a tough 16 km in Lago Titicaca.