Steven Robles
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Steven Robles after being rescued after a great white shark bit him in Manhattan Beach, California. Photo by Laura Joyce of Goofy Foot Photography.com/AP.
Steven Robles is a 49-year-old American open water swimmer from California who serves as an observer for the Catalina Channel Swimming Federation.
Open Water Swimming Career
- He completed a Catalina Channel crossing (CM) in 13 hours 15 minutes on 22 August 2013 as a charity swim for orphanage and school in Nicaragua, a project supported by Hope Chapel in Hermosa Beach.
- A veteran swimmer and lifeguard, the real estate broker was bitten by a Great White Shark off Manhattan Beach in Southern California on 5 July 2014 while doing an ocean swimming workout with his SCAQ teammates.
External links
- Shark Incidents in California
- Cargo Clogs Catalina Creating Chaos - But Catalina Channel Crossings Continue
- Open Water Swimming
- Catalina Channel Swimming Federation
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Man Recounts Swim From Hell
- Catalina Channel Swimming Federation
- California Swimmer Describes Fighting Off Great White Shark
- Great White Shark Attack Victim Speaks
- Successful Catalina Channel crossings, #269
- Man Recounts Swim From Hell
- The Inexcusable, Inhumane Lack Of Regard Of Swimmers
- Steven Robles, Friends Heading Right Back To The Ocean
- Free Ocean Workouts With SCAQ
- Pier Fishing And Concerns Of An Open Water Swimmer
- Quartet Share Their Experiences With General Public
- What Should You Do In The Case Of A Shark Encounter?
- The Chances Of 1 In 11.5 Million
- It Takes A Very Special Swimmer To Try Again
- Chocolate Does Good For A SeaMonsta
