Luka Božič Explained

Luka Božič
Nationality:Slovenian
Birth Date:9 January 1991
Birth Place:Šempeter pri Gorici, Yugoslavia
Height:1.73 m
Weight:72 kg
Country:Slovenia
Sport:Canoe slalom
Event:C1, C2
Club:KK Soske Elektrarne
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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
SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent
2011 3 July 2011 bgcolor=silver2nd C2
14 August 2011 bgcolor=gold1st C2
2012 10 June 2012 bgcolor=silver2nd C2
26 August 2012 3rd C2
2013 23 June 2013 3rd C2
7 July 2013 3rd C2
18 August 2013 3rd C2[6]
2014 8 June 2014 bgcolor=gold1st C2
14 June 2014 3rd C1
15 June 2014 bgcolor=silver2nd C2
22 June 2014 3rd C2
2018 7 July 2018 3rd C1
8 September 2018 bgcolor=gold1st C1
2019 22 June 2019 3rd C1
31 August 2019 bgcolor=silver2nd C1
7 September 2019 3rd C1
2020 18 October 2020 bgcolor=gold1st C1
2021 12 September 2021 3rd C1
2022 12 June 2022 bgcolor=gold1st C1
26 June 2022 bgcolor=silver2nd C1
28 August 2022 bgcolor=silver2nd C1
4 September 2022 3rd C1
2023 16 June 2023 bgcolor=gold1st C1
1 September 2023 bgcolor=silver2nd C1

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Luka BOZIC (SLO). CanoeSlalom.net. 3 December 2017.
  2. Luka Božič . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418093302/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/luka-bozic-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 3 December 2017.
  3. http://www.the-sports.org/canoeing-european-championships-slalom-canoeing-2013-results-men-s20-c0-b0-g84-t1322-u283-v1.html#198127 Canoeing – European Championships – Slalom Canoeing 2013
  4. http://www.the-sports.org/canoeing-world-u-23-championships-slalom-2013-results-men-s20-c0-b0-g84-t6392-u283-v1.html#206327 Canoeing – World U-23 Championships – Slalom 2013
  5. http://www.the-sports.org/canoeing-european-u-23-championships-slalom-2012-results-men-s20-c0-b0-g84-t6393-u281-v1.html#170692 Canoeing – European U-23 Championships – Slalom 2012
  6. http://www.the-sports.org/canoeing-world-cup-slalom-tacen-2013-results-men-s20-c0-b0-g84-t6386-u283-v1.html Canoeing – World Cup – Slalom Tacen 2013