Rowing Club Jadran established on 20 september 1908 and is the oldest active sports association in the city of Zadar and the first Croatian rowing club founded in the Adriatic Sea. Its roots in the rowing department Croatian Sokol founded in Zadar 1885.
All articles about Jadran (and Diadora) Zadar can be read here:
From the very beginning of his work Jadran has a pioneering role in the development of rowing on our coast, and then on Croatian territory. Throughout its turbulent history the club has had ups and downs of sharing the fate of Zadar and it developments in the tense history of the last hundred years.
Part 1, club begginig and first legend
Part 2, from 1918 to 1924
Diadora Zara
The club was founded in 1898 in Zara in Dalmatia, modern day Zadar in Croatia, by a small group of rowers of mostly Venetian descent.
Zara was, however, under Austro-Hungarian rule at the time, and the Venetian club was not welcome in the Austrian rowing federation, so the club had great difficulty participating in races. It took a long strenous battle, but in the end the club managed to become associated with the “Reale Rowing Club Italiano”, after which the S. C. Diadora could participate in national Italian races, and later in international events under the Italian flag.
In 1907 the club won their first medals at the internation regattas of Trieste, which was followed by many others in national and international events, including national Italian championships and an bronze medal in Mens Eights at the 8th Olympic games in Paris in 1924.
The Second World War put an end to all this. Many club members died in the war, and many others fled Zara for Italy, as the city was all but destroyed. It was the end of the S. C. Diadora.
However, in 1961 a group of old members got together in Ancona in Italy, and participated in an event there under the blue/white colours of the S. C. Diadora.
Part 3, from 1924 to 1940, Diadora history
Part 4, from 1940 to today and list of great results, Diadora history
After WWII we have again Jadran and it story start again in Zadar
Part 5, after WWII to 1958
Part 6, after 1958 to 1970
Part 7, after 1971 to 1980
Part 8, after 1981 to 1990
Part 9, after 1991 to 2002
Part 10, after 2003 to 2013