Luka Božič
Introduction '''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 three gold, two silver and three bronze medals at the European Championships.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.
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  L'Argentière-la-Bessée 2nd  C2 14 August 2011  Prague 1st  C2 '''2012'''  10 June 2012  Cardiff 2nd  C2 26 August 2012  Prague 3rd  C2 '''2013'''  23 June 2013  Cardiff 3rd  C2 7 July 2013  La Seu d'Urgell 3rd  C2 18 August 2013  Tacen 3rd  C2 '''2014'''  8 June 2014  Lee Valley 1st  C2 14 June 2014  Tacen 3rd  C1 15 June 2014  Tacen 2nd  C2 22 June 2014  Prague 3rd  C2 '''2018'''  7 July 2018  Augsburg 3rd  C1 8 September 2018  La Seu d'Urgell 1st  C1 '''2019'''  22 June 2019  Bratislava 3rd  C1 31 August 2019  Markkleeberg 2nd  C1 7 September 2019  Prague 3rd  C1 '''2020'''  18 October 2020  Tacen 1st  C1 '''2021'''  12 September 2021  Pau 3rd  C1 '''2022'''  12 June 2022  Prague 1st  C1 26 June 2022  Tacen 2nd  C1 28 August 2022  Pau 2nd  C1 4 September 2022  La Seu d'Urgell 3rd  C1 '''2023'''  16 June 2023  Tacen 1st  C1 1 September 2023  La Seu d'Urgell 2nd  C1
References * – accessed 13 September 2009.
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