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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.
Thrice As Nice Triple Crowners
One of the records that will most likely continue to be broken over the next few years is the...
Smacks At The Aquarium of the Pacific
I love visiting aquariums. I always learn something – many things – on each visit. I...
Living Adventurously In The 21st Century
This is my perspective: if you want some adventure, venture beyond the shoreline. On dryland,...
An Incredible History Since 1910, the 116th Šilo-Crikvenica Swimming Marathon
The oldest open water swim on the Adriatic Coast is the 3.5 km Šilo-Crikvenica Swimming Marathon, annually held on August 15th, the Feast of the Assumption of Mary.
Oceans Seven Swimmers Taming The Dragon Across The Tsugaru Channel
Gráinne Moss, Jeffrey Orenstein, Sandra Ramírez Vinay, Ezequiel Becerril Zuñiga, Diego Aragón, Sarah Poplar, Anshuman Jhingram, Graco Morlan, Karen Ennis, Lauren Lesyna, Sayani Das, Paul Leonard, Rob Lea, Aysu Türkoğlu, Andrey Bozhko, Jaime Lomelín Gavaldón, Toni Enderli, Michael Payne, Jeffrey Orenstein, and Diego Aragón will attempt the challenging Tsugaru Channel in northern Japan this summer
From San Diego to Dublin, IMSHOF On The Move
Carol Sing and the Catalina Channel Swimming Federation hosted the 2026 International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame induction weekend in San Diego, California. The 2027 IMSHOF induction ceremony will be held in Dublin, Ireland.