Pisina Olimpico Roly Bisslik

Aruba’s Swimming legend Roly Bisslik's Dream. In 1975 Aruba’s swimming legend Roly Bisslik started out the team with a few friends and family.

Back then the workouts were done from the shore of the Commandeurs Bay where a few hand painted lines on the rocks marked the 25, 50 and 100 meters. It was always his dream to build an Olympic Pool in his hometown of Savaneta. His dream became a reality when, on August 7, 1988, he swam for a little bit more than 10 hours from the northern shore of Venezuela to Aruba in a very treacherous and rough  ...