Luka Božič
Slovenian canoeist
Not to be confused with the basketball player
Luka Božić .
Luka Božič
Nationality Slovenian Born (1991-01-09 ) 9 January 1991 (age 33) Šempeter pri Gorici , Yugoslavia Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Weight 72 kg (159 lb) Country Slovenia Sport Canoe slalom Event C1, C2 Club KK Soske Elektrarne
Luka Božič (born 9 January 1991) is a Slovenian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2006. He started out as a C2 paddler partnering Sašo Taljat in the boat until the C2 event was discontinued in 2017. Since 2013 he has been competing internationally in C1.
He won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds (C2: 2014 , C1 team: 2022 ), a silver (C1 team: 2018 ) and four bronzes (C1: 2019 , C2: 2009 , C1 team: 2014, 2015 ). He also won 10 medals (4 golds, 3 silvers and 3 bronzes) at the European Championships .[ 1]
Božič won the overall world cup title in the C1 class in 2023 , becoming the first Slovenian to do so in single canoe.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London he competed in the C2 event where he finished in 8th place after being eliminated in the semi-final. Four years later in Rio de Janeiro he finished in 7th place in the same event .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
World Cup individual podiums
Total
C1
4
4
6
14
C2
2
3
5
10
Total
6
7
11
24
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1949: France (Pierre d'Alençon , Paul Huguet & Marcel Renaud )
1951: Czechoslovakia (Václav Nič , Jaroslav Váňa & Jan Pecka )
1953: Czechoslovakia (Vladimír Jirásek , Jan Šulc & Stanislav Jánský )
1955: Czechoslovakia (Vladimír Jirásek , Jiří Hradil & Luděk Beneš )
1957: West Germany (Günther Beck , Heiner Stumpf & Otto Stumpf )
1959: Czechoslovakia (Luděk Beneš , Václav Janovský & Vladimír Jirásek )
1961: Czechoslovakia (Tibor Sýkora , Jaroslav Pollert & Bohuslav Pospíchal )
1963: East Germany (Karl-Heinz Wozniak , Gert Kleinert & Manfred Schubert )
1965: Czechoslovakia (Jiří Vočka , Luděk Beneš & Bohuslav Pospíchal )
1967: Czechoslovakia (Karel Kumpfmüller , Bohuslav Pospíchal & Petr Sodomka )
1969: West Germany (Wolfgang Peters , Harald Cuypers & Reinhold Kauder )
1971: East Germany (Jürgen Köhler , Wulf Reinicke & Jochen Förster )
1973: Czechoslovakia (Jaroslav Radil , Karel Třešňák & Petr Sodomka )
1975: Czechoslovakia (Petr Sodomka , Jaroslav Radil & Karel Třešňák )
1977: East Germany (Reinhard Eiben , Peter Massalski & Lutz Körner )
1979: United States (Jon Lugbill , David Hearn & Bob Robison )
1981: United States (Jon Lugbill , David Hearn & Ron Lugbill )
1983: United States (Jon Lugbill , David Hearn & Kent Ford )
1985: United States (David Hearn , Jon Lugbill & Kent Ford )
1987: United States (Jon Lugbill , David Hearn & Bruce Lessels )
1989: United States (Jon Lugbill , David Hearn & Jed Prentice )
1991: United States (Adam Clawson , Jon Lugbill & Jed Prentice )
1993: Slovenia (Jože Vidmar , Boštjan Žitnik & Simon Hočevar )
1995: Germany (Vitus Husek , Sören Kaufmann & Martin Lang )
1997: Slovakia (Michal Martikán , Juraj Minčík & Juraj Ontko )
1999: Poland (Krzysztof Bieryt , Sławomir Mordarski & Mariusz Wieczorek )
2002: Czech Republic (Přemysl Vlk , Jan Mašek & Stanislav Ježek )
2003: Slovakia (Alexander Slafkovský , Juraj Minčík & Michal Martikán )
2005: France (Olivier Lalliet , Pierre Labarelle & Tony Estanguet )
2006: Germany (Stefan Pfannmöller , Nico Bettge & Jan Benzien )
2007: France (Tony Estanguet , Pierre Labarelle & Nicolas Peschier )
2009: Slovakia (Alexander Slafkovský , Michal Martikán & Matej Beňuš )
2010: Slovakia (Michal Martikán , Alexander Slafkovský & Matej Beňuš )
2011: Slovakia (Michal Martikán , Alexander Slafkovský & Matej Beňuš )
2013: Slovakia (Michal Martikán , Alexander Slafkovský & Matej Beňuš )
2014: Slovakia (Michal Martikán , Alexander Slafkovský & Matej Beňuš )
2015: Slovakia (Michal Martikán , Alexander Slafkovský & Matej Beňuš )
2017: Slovakia (Michal Martikán , Alexander Slafkovský & Matej Beňuš )
2018: Slovakia (Alexander Slafkovský , Michal Martikán & Matej Beňuš )
2019: Slovakia (Alexander Slafkovský , Michal Martikán & Matej Beňuš )
2021: France (Martin Thomas , Denis Gargaud Chanut & Nicolas Gestin )
2022: Slovenia (Benjamin Savšek , Luka Božič & Anže Berčič )
2023: France (Nicolas Gestin , Jules Bernardet & Lucas Roisin )