Luka Božič

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.

World Cup individual podiums Total C1 5 4 7 16 C2 2 3 5 10 Total 7 7 12 26

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 2025 7 June 2025 La Seu d'Urgell 1st C1 2026 30 May 2026 Tacen 3rd C1