Chopper Sea Challenge

Chopper Sea Challenge swimmers who completed the 20 km course between Waiheke to Auckland, New Zealand including Michael Buck, Jillian Walker, Mike Cochrane, Olaf Adam, Mark Lenaarts, Axel Wohlfarth, Brent Foster, duo team of Stuart Whitney and Rosie Sharman, and trio team of Natalie Dobson, Jeroen Went, and Dean Madsen

Chopper Sea Challenge course between Waiheke to Auckland, New Zealand

The Chopper Sea Challenge is a 20 km (12.4-mile) marathon swim from Matiatia Bay on Waiheke Island to Mechanics Bay in downtown Auckland, New Zealand. It is a charity swim from Waiheke to Auckland that raises money for the Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter, which flew to Waiheke Island to pick up sick and injured patients 232 times in 2015.

Swimmers

• Michael Buck, solo
  
• Jillian Walker, solo
  
• Mike Cochrane, solo
  
• Olaf Adam, solo
  
• Mark Lenaarts, solo
  
• Axel Wohlfarth, solo
  
• Brent Foster, solo
  
• Stuart Whitney and Rosie Sharman, duo
  
• Natalie Dobson, Jeroen Went, and Dean Madsen, team
  

External links

• Chopper Sea Challenge Raises $33K+
• Chopper Swim Challenge
• Chopper Sea Challenge
• Chopper Swim Challenge Facebook page
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Open Water Swimming
• Olympic 10K Marathon Swim round-up
• Marathon Swimming
• Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
• Daily News of Open Water Swimming
• I Got Stung
• World Marathon Swimming Association