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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.
With infinity and Beyond
Jacqueline McClelland of infinity Channel Swimming and Piloting Services navigates solo and relay...
Four to Swim the North Channel with Infinity
Tomorrow morning at 2 am, Andreas Waschburger (38, Germany, MSF bio here, IISA bio here, World...
Healing the Pain and Sacrifice
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Brenda Norman Has A Great Story To Share
https://youtu.be/7oYNmi_-8vgVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Brenda Norman, 10 hour 22 minute North Channel crossing (https://youtu.be/7oYNmi_-8vg) Channel swimmers from around the world have been giving the North Channel a go at it all...
Three Is A Charm For Brenda Norman, Jonathan Wall, Anel Sytdykova In The North Channel
Screenshot Screenshot Screenshot Channel swimmers from around the world arrived last week in Northern Ireland, from England to Australia, from Germany to Kazakhstan. Their collective swim window to cross the North Channel started last Friday. Anticipation,...
İrem Sönmez Demonstrates the Invisible Power of Women
On August 30th Turkey’s Victory Day, there was a turning point, an awakening, a call for awareness in Turkey to shine a light on the resilience, inner strength, and unseen labor of women. In 2023, İrem Sönmez (@irmsnmz) became the first person in Turkey to swim...