Croatian Rowing Federation

Croatian Rowing Federation
Official website

Sport	Rowing
Jurisdiction	Croatia
Abbreviation	(HVS)
Founded	November 4th 1939 (November 4th 1939)
Affiliation	FISA
Affiliation date	January 17, 1992
Headquarters	Trg Krešimira Čosića 11, 10000 Zagreb
President	Zdravko Jurčec
Vice president	Juraj Gamulin Vladimir Lasić
Secretary	Zdravko Gajšak
www.veslanje.hr

The Croatian Rowing Federation (Croatian: Hrvatski veslački savez) is the governing body of rowing in Croatia. It organizes the Croatian representation at international competitions and the Croatian national championships.

The federation was formed on November 4, 1939 in Zagreb.^[1] It became a member of the Croatian Olympic Committee in 1991 and the International Federation of Rowing Associations in 1992.^[1]

It organized the World Rowing Championships on Jarun in 2000.

Past Olympic Medalists

Medal	Olympics	Event	Crew Members
Bronze	2000 Sidney	Men's Eight	Branimir Vujević, Igor Boraska, Nikša Skelin, Siniša Skelin, Krešimir Čuljak, Tomislav Smoljanović, Tihomir Franković, Igor Francetić, cox Silvijo Petriško
Silver	2004 Athens	Men's Coxless pair	Nikša Skelin, Siniša Skelin
Silver	2012 London	Men's Quadruple scull	Damir Martin, Martin Sinković, Valent Sinković, David Šain

References

1 2 Statute of the Croatian Rowing Federation

National members of the International Rowing Federation

Olympic Disciplines Sweep Coxless pair Coxless four Eight Sculling Single Double Quad Championship Disciplines Lightweight Men's Single, Pair, Quad, Eight Lightweight Women's Single, Quad Coxed pair Other Disciplines Coxed four Octuple scull Coastal and Ocean

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North & Central America	BAH BAR BER CAN CAY CUB CRC DOM ECU ESA GUA HON JAM NCA MEX PAN PUR TTO USA

South America	ARG BRA BOL CPV COL CHI PAR PER URU VEN

Pinnacle Events World Championships Olympic Games

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