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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.
Brothers Duke and Ned Wieland Go 1-2 in the Waikiki Roughwater Swim, Reversing Order From 2024
Ned Wieland (23, Australia, MSF bio here, @channelswim2017) has made a name for himself in the...
The Island of Mr. Moreau Is Now Manhattan
Michael Moreau (@islandofmrmoreau) of New York completed a 13 hour 11 minute crossing of the 45 km...
John Curley Getting Closer To The Toughest Thirteen – 9 Down, 4 To Go
An Irishman was the first person in history to complete the Oceans Seven. Another Irishman may...
Matthew Moseley Reflecting On Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans
Matthew Moseley (58, USA, MSF bio here, @matthew.l.moseley) regularly does unprecedented swims – down rivers, across lakes, in seas) to support marine environmentalism (see video below). Most recently this June, he swam 27.3 km on the Colorado River from the...
Joe Zemaitis, Taylor Stallings-Pinnick Win Inaugural Mount St. Helens Classic
American coach-swimmer-administrator-ambassador-IMSHOF honoree Joe Zemaitis won the inaugural 61.37 km 4-day Mount St Helens Classic stage swim
Jamal Hill On How Sports Saved My Life
Jamal Hill returns to Paris for his second Paralympic Games. He earned a silver medal in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and is seeded second heading into Paris.