Luka Božič

Luka Božič
Personal information
NationalitySlovenian
Born (1991-01-09) 9 January 1991
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
CountrySlovenia
SportCanoe slalom
Event
C1, C2
ClubKK Soske Elektrarne
Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing  Slovenia
World Championships
2014 Deep Creek Lake C2
2022 Augsburg C1 team
2018 Rio de Janeiro C1 team
2009 La Seu d'Urgell C2
2014 Deep Creek Lake C1 team
2015 London C1 team
2019 La Seu d'Urgell C1
2025 Penrith C1 team
European Championships
2014 Vienna C1 team
2019 Pau C1 team
2020 Prague C1 team
2024 Tacen C1 team
2016 Liptovský Mikuláš C2
2017 Tacen C1 team
2024 Tacen C1
2025 Vaires-sur-Marne C1 team
2013 Kraków C1 team
2014 Vienna C2
2021 Ivrea C1 team
U23 World Championships
2013 Liptovský Mikuláš C1 team
2014 Penrith C1
U23 European Championships
2011 Banja Luka C2
2012 Solkan C2
2008 Solkan C2
2009 Liptovský Mikuláš C2
Junior World Championships
2006 Solkan C2 team
Junior European Championships
2006 Nottingham C2 team

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 eight medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds (C2: 2014, C1 team: 2022), a silver (C1 team: 2018) and five bronzes (C1: 2019, C2: 2009, C1 team: 2014, 2015, 2025). He also won 11 medals (4 golds, 4 silvers and 3 bronzes) 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.