Jože Ilija (12 March 1928 – 19 May 1983) was a Slovenian slalom canoeist who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1950s. He won a bronze medal in the folding K-1 event at the 1955 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Tacen.[1]
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| Born | 12 March 1928 Jesenice, Slovenia | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 May 1983 (aged 55) Ljubljana, Slovenia | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Kayaking | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Folding kayak | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He was also an alpine skier. He competed in three events at the 1956 Winter Olympics, representing Yugoslavia.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Overview of athlete's results". CanoeSlalom.net. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jože Ilija". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
External links
edit- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
- Jože Ilija at Poljanec-Radakovich Genealogy at the Wayback Machine (archived December 10, 2017)
- Jože Ilija at Olympedia
- Joze Ilija at Olympics.com
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