Shark Island Swim Challenge

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The Cronulla Shark Island Swim Challenge is an annual event of 2.3km, held at Cronulla Beach in Sydney, Australia.

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The first Cronulla Shark Island Swim Challenge was held in October 1987. There was a medium swell and the water was choppy. There were only sixty-four competitors. The swim was 2.4 km, from the beach shoreline out around Cronulla Point, around Shark Island and back to the beach. Long-distance swimmer David O'Brien was the inaurgural winner.

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