Veljko Rogošić
Yugoslav long-distance swimmer
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| Born | (1941-07-21)July 21, 1941 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | August 7, 2012(2012-08-07) (aged 71) | ||||||||||||||
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Veljko Rogošić (21 July 1941 – 7 August 2012) was a Yugoslav long-distance swimmer who competed at the Olympics for SFR Yugoslavia and won numerous awards since the start of his swimming career in 1959.[1][2] Veljko 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.[3]
See also
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)".
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Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport – Life Achievement
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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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