Veljko Rogošić


Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Yugoslavia
Mediterranean Games
	1963 Naples	400 m freestyle
	1963 Naples	1500 m freestyle

Veljko Rogošić (21 July 1941, Kaštel Lukšić, Croatia – 7 August 2012, Split, Croatia) 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 swum a total of 225 km (139.8 miles) across the Adriatic sea in a time of 50 hours and 10 minutes. ^[3]

References

↑ Željko Rogošić (2007-04-17). "Veljko Rogošić - veliki povratak morskog junaka" [Veljko Rogošić - the return of the hero of the sea]. Nacional #596 (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 25 July 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
↑ Munatones, Steve. "The Daily News of Open Water Swimming: Veljko Rogošić, A Croatian Legend Passes". Dailynews.openwaterswimming.com. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
↑ http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/1000/longest-ocean-swim

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)

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