Croatian Rowing Federation

Croatian Rowing Federation
Sport	Rowing
Jurisdiction	Croatia
Abbreviation	(HVS)
Founded	November 4, 1939
Affiliation	FISA
Affiliation date	January 17, 1992
Headquarters	Trg Krešimira Čosića 11, 10000 Zagreb
President	Branimir Bašić
Secretary	Zdravko Gajšak
Official website
	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
Gold	2016 Rio	Men's Double scull	Martin Sinković, Valent Sinković
Gold	2020 Tokyo	Men's Coxless pair	Martin Sinković, Valent Sinković

References

^ ^a ^b "Statut Hrvatskog veslačkog saveza" (PDF) (in Croatian). Retrieved 15 September 2017.

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[Statute-1] "Statut Hrvatskog veslačkog saveza" (PDF) (in Croatian). Retrieved 15 September 2017.

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