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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.
Future Stars Take Global Stage at the 5 km World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships
The year is 2026. The venue is Lago Sur in Santa Fe’s Parque del Sur in Argentina. The...
Woobie Kupsky, Allison Arnold Win The 55th Waikiki Roughwater Swim
It is a long way from his hometown of Bear Creek Township, Pennsylvania, but the island of Oahu is...
Brinkleigh Hansen, Mahila Spennato, Su İnal Headline the 7.5 km World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships
Brinkleigh Hansen (16, USA, World Aquatics bio here, @brinkleigh_hansen, shown on left above),...
Hungarian Dynamic Duo – Bálint Kreisz, Armand Marosszéki – Go 1, 2 in 7.5 km World Aquatics Junior Open Water Swimming Championships
Hungary’s Bálint Kreisz and Armand Marosszéki finished first and second in 7.5 km World Aquatics Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in Santa Fe, Argentina
Blue Water Hotels – Especially For Open Water Swimmers
Blue Water Hotels is a curated guide to over 50 hotels with direct access to the open water for swimming. The hotels are located in Spain, France, Italy, Croatia, Greece, Norway, Switzerland, Jamaica, the United States and Mexico.
Ludovica Terlizzi of Italy Dominates 10 km at the World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships
Ludovica Terlizzi of Italy dominated the field at the 10 km race at the World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in Santa Fe, Argentina this morning.