Veljko Rogošić

Veljko Rogošić
Personal information
Born	July 21, 1941
Died	August 7, 2012 (aged 71)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Medal record
Representing Yugoslavia
Mediterranean Games

Veljko Rogošić (21 July 1941 – 7 August 2012) was a Croatian long-distance swimmer who competed at the Olympics for SFR Yugoslavia and won numerous awards from the start of his swimming career in 1959.^[1]^[2] Rogošić also holds the world record for longest distance ever swum in open ocean without flippers. He swam a total of 225 km (139.8 miles) across the Adriatic Sea in a time of 50 hours and 10 minutes from Grado to Riccione in Italy on 29-31 August 2006,^[3] setting the Guinness World Record.^[4]

References

^ Veljko Rogošić (2007-04-17). "Veljko Rogošić - veliki povratak morskog junaka" [Veljko Rogošić - the return of the hero of the sea]. Nacional (in Croatian). No. 596. Archived from the original on 5 March 2011. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
^ Munatones, Steve. "The Daily News of Open Water Swimming: Veljko Rogošić, A Croatian Legend Passes". Dailynews.openwaterswimming.com. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
^ "Longest distance ocean swim (Marathon swimming)".
^ "Longest duration ocean swim (marathon swimming, male)". Guinness World Records (official). 16 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.

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[1] Veljko Rogošić (2007-04-17). "Veljko Rogošić - veliki povratak morskog junaka" [Veljko Rogošić - the return of the hero of the sea]. Nacional (in Croatian). No. 596. Archived from the original on 5 March 2011. Retrieved 2017-10-24.

[2] Munatones, Steve. "The Daily News of Open Water Swimming: Veljko Rogošić, A Croatian Legend Passes". Dailynews.openwaterswimming.com. Retrieved 2012-08-08.

[3] "Longest distance ocean swim (Marathon swimming)".

[4] "Longest duration ocean swim (marathon swimming, male)". Guinness World Records (official). 16 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.

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v t e Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport – Life Achievement
1990s	Mirko Novosel (1991) Franjo Frntić (1992) Miljenko Finderle (1993) Herman Vukušić (1994) Rudolf Carek, Nikola Turk (1995) Milan Blašković, Marijan Malović (1996) Filip Ćurković, Zdravko Kovačević (1997) Josip Marić, Boris Volščanšek (1998) Vladimir Findak, Katica Ileš (1999)
2000s	Miloš Marković, Matija Ljubek (2000) Zlatko Šimenc, Slavko Podgorelec (2001) Žarko Dolinar, Krešimir Ćosić, Dražen Petrović (2002) Milan Antolković, Vicko Lučić (2003) Miro Mihovilović, Antun Vrdoljak (2004) Irislav Dolenec, Vicko Šoljan (2005) Nikola Jurković, Stjepan Korbar, Veljko Rogošić (2006) Miroslav Blažević, Ante Pavlović, Žarko Susić (2007) Ivo Cipci, Željko Mataja, Josip Modrić (2008) Zdravko Baršnik, Ivan Janjić, Renato Vučetić (2009)
2010s	Josip Čorak, Darko Dujmović, Velimir Kljaić (2010) Ivan Fattorini, Dragan Milanović, Vinko Tomljanović (2011) Ivan Ivančić, Marinko Mikulandra, Ratko Rudić (2012) Jozo Alebić, Erna Hawelka Rađenović, Fredi Kramer (2013) Vinko Bajrović, Anto Ćavar, Giuseppe Giergia (2014) Gojko Arneri, Đurđica Bjedov, Janko Goleš (2015) Ivo Vidović^, Jelica Pavličić-Štefančić, Luciano Sušanj (2016) Zdenko Zorko, Zdravko Hebel^, Zina Urlić (2017) Vladimir Janković, Milka Babović, Mate Parlov^* (2018) Zdenko Kobeščak, Duško Antunović^*, Zdravko Malić (2019)
2020s	Ante Kostelić, Petar Skansi, Ivo Trumbić (2020) Željko Klarić, Mihovil Nakić, Đurđa Fočić-Šourek (2021) Nikola Plećaš, Boško Lozica, Edo Pezzi (2022)
^* – posthumously

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