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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.
Swimming with Sea Serpents in the Egg Rock Scramble
For nearly 100 years, local swimmers have been adventuring out and swimming around to Egg Rock as...
Wen-Erh Hsu, Swimming with SIPE: Can I Tolerate This A Little Longer?
Triple Crown swimmer and open water coach Wen-Erh Hsu (30, Taiwan, MSF bio here,...
Ram Barkai Set The Bar with Polar Ice Kilometers, Gerald Daringer Equals It
Ram Barkai (68, South Africa, IISA bio here, @rambarkai_iceswimmer) has completed six Polar Ice...
Joey Eaddy, Taishin Nakagawa Headline 7.5 km Race at World Aquatics Junior Open Water Swimming Championships
53 men – headlined by Joey Eaddy of the USA and Taishin Nakagawa of Japan – will compete in Friday’s 7.5 km race at the 2026 World Aquatics Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in Santa Fe, Argentina
Amy Dantzler Paddles In The Wake of Cindy Cleveland, Carol Sing and Grace Van Der Byl
Amy Dantzler competes in the Catalina Classic in the wake of Cindy Cleveland, Carol Sing, Grace Van Der Byl, John Hill, David Yudovin, and Cathy Moore.
Santa Fe Welcomes The World’s Fastest Young Open Water Swimmers
33 women and 45 men – among the fastest teenagers in the open water world – are heading to Santa Fe, Argentina this coming week for the 2026 World Aquatics Junior Open Water Swimming Championships