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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.
The Speed, Stamina, and Experience of Olympic 10K Marathon Swimmers – The 2024 Men
28 men lined up on the starting pontoon that spanned the Seine at the 2024 Olympic 10K Marathon...
In and Out of the Cold at the 2025 Silbersee Ice-Cup
Race director and Ice Miler Florian Battermann hosted and organized the 2025 Silbersee Ice-Cup...
Move The Horizon Closer
“Move the horizon closer” has myriad meanings for open water swimmers. It can take on...
Taking To The Waters of New York City and New York State in 2026
https://youtu.be/B-0iBgQVF_AVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Drury Gallagher Acceptance Speech for the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Induction (https://youtu.be/B-0iBgQVF_A) Drury Gallagher was inducted in...
Undefeated, Undisputed, Unprecedented Doug Allen Tops USMS Go The Distance 12 Years In A Row
66-year-old Doug Allen of Texas won the annual USMS Go The Distance program for the 12th year in a row. He has swum an average of nearly 13,000 meters per day – every day over the last 12 years.
Giannis Kotsiopoulos, For The Love of the Open Water
Giannis Kotsiopoulos first started open water swimming in Toroneos Gulf in his native Greece in 1994 – and has not stopped since.