The Belgrade Rowing Club was founded on June 6, 1922, and on March 4, 1945, it became one of the founders of the Red Star Sports Association and has been called the Rowing Club Red Star ever since.
The Club building, one of the most beautiful buildings of this type, built in 1935, was designed by the Russian architect Valery Stashevsky, in the then wild surroundings of Ada Ciganlija. The members of the Club were many prominent Belgraders, including Andra Žeželj, Ivo Andrić, Miloš Crnjanski. The Club has been under the auspices of the Karađorđević royal family from June 8, 1922 until today. As of 2018, the Club has been organizing the Prince Stefan regatta, dedicated to Prince Stefan Karađorđević.
In addition to top results, the Club is dedicated to the popularization of rowing – it is the organizer of numerous events – Rowing for my school, in cooperation with RTS, the live broadcast of which is watched all around Serbia and the surrounding countries, New Year’s Cross, Ergonaut, etc.
It is estimated that over 20,000 people rowed for the Club, of which 3,500 represented the Club in the national teams of the Kingdom of SCS, FNRY, SFRY, FR Yugoslavia and the Republic of Serbia, at European and world championships and the Olympic Games.
In turbulent times, when state systems and borders were changing, wars and crises raging, the Rowing Club Red Star – Belgrade maintained a hundred-year continuity, managed to gather numerous members on the postulates of fair play, personal commitment, responsibility and excellence, to win numerous medals, participate in the building of our society and contribute to the growth of one hundred generations of Belgraders.
