Veljko Rogošić
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. 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 from Grado to Riccione in Italy on 29-31 August 2006, setting the Guinness World Record.
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