About Veljko Rogošić
Lived 1941 – 2012 (aged 71). Veljko Rogošić was a Yugoslav swimmer.
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. 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, setting the Guinness World Record.
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Who was Veljko Rogošić?
Croatian long-distance swimmer
When was Veljko Rogošić born?
Veljko Rogošić was born on 21 July 1941 in Kaštel Lukšić.
When did Veljko Rogošić die?
Veljko Rogošić died on 7 August 2012.
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Veljko Rogošić was a swimmer.
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Veljko Rogošić was Yugoslav.
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