Croatian Open Water Swimming Federation

CROATIAN LONG DISTANCE SWIMMING FEDERATION (Hrvatski savez daljinskog plivanja) is a national sport association (federation) for Open Water Swimming (OWS) founded in 2001. It has as its members 21 clubs with over 200 licenced swimmers (male and female) who compete. Apart from organizing about 15 national competitions a year, the association (federation) is the organizer of European competitions: Stari Grad (the island of Hvar) 1989. First European OWS Championship Dubrovnik 2008. European OWS Championship Poreč 2009. European OWS junior Championship Zagreb 2014. European OWS junior Championship Rijeka 2016. European OWS Master Championship Novi Vinodolski 2019, FINA Ultra Marathon Grand Prix Croatia Honorary president CLSDF, Mr. Vinko Šoljan is included in the Hall of Fame as well as OWS event, Stari Grad, the island of Hvar.