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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.
Since When Do Drop-dead Sprinters Swim Head Up?
50-meter specialists in the pool are athletic examples of controlled, streamlined speed and...
Follow Catherine Breed Down The Coast of California
Catherine Breed (31, USA, MSF bio here) is a California adventurer and motivator. Her Swim...
Koda Cruises Around Sandycove Island
Courtesy of Ned Denison who shows Koda with his two close friends: Daemo Dams and Steve Foster....
Jeff Orenstein Was Profoundly Disappointed, But Greatly Honored
After 10 hours 30 minutes battling a 6-knot Tsugaru Current in Japan, Jeffrey Orenstein was pulled from the Tsugaru Channel.
The Art Of Swimming, Different Perspectives From Earlier Ages
Early books on swimming included De Arte Natandi Libri Duo in 1587, The Art of Swimming. A Series of Practical Instructions on an Original and Progressive Plan in 1818, and The Art of Swimming by Matthew Webb in 1875.
Dorothy Whyte and Paul de Waard Are 2026 Cork Distance Week Heroes
Dorothy Whyte and Paul de Waard were honored as one of this year’s Cork Distance Week Heroes – and rightly so as they host numerous dinners for the 80+ participants in the world’s toughest training camp.