11-year-old Amelia Colbert swims 2000m around island

Watch out Steve Redmond — an 11-year-old girl may, one day, come after your endurance swimming crown.

A year ago, Amelia Colbert decided that for her 11th birthday she’d like to swim around an island off the Co Cork coast and that’s exactly what she just did.

It’s believed she’s the youngest person ever to complete a non-stop swim around Sandycove Island near Kinsale.