Veljko Rogošić
Croatian long-distance swimmer
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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]
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| Born | July 21, 1941 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | August 7, 2012 (aged 71) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
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