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'''Veljko Rogošić''' (21 July 1941 – 7 August 2012) was a |
'''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 since the start of his swimming career in 1959.<ref>{{cite magazine | url = http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/33450/veljko-rogosic-veliki-povratak-morskog-junaka | language = hr | magazine = [[Nacional (weekly)|Nacional]] | issue = 596 | date = 2007-04-17 | title = Veljko Rogošić - veliki povratak morskog junaka | trans-title = Veljko Rogošić - the return of the hero of the sea | access-date = 2017-10-24 | archive-date = 5 March 2011 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110305110156/http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/33450/veljko-rogosic-veliki-povratak-morskog-junaka | author = Veljko Rogošić }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Munatones |first=Steve |url=http://dailynews.openwaterswimming.com/2012/08/veljko-rogosic-croatian-legend-passes.html |title=The Daily News of Open Water Swimming: Veljko Rogošić, A Croatian Legend Passes |publisher=Dailynews.openwaterswimming.com |access-date=2012-08-08}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/1000/longest-ocean-swim|title = Longest distance ocean swim (Marathon swimming)}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Born | July 21, 1941 | ||||||||||||||
Died | August 7, 2012 | (aged 71)||||||||||||||
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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 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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- Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Deaths from lymphoma
- Deaths from cancer in Croatia
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Yugoslavia
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Yugoslavia
- Swimmers at the 1963 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming
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