Jože Ilija

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]

Jože Ilija

Personal information
Born	12 March 1928 (1928-03-12) Jesenice, Slovenia
Died	19 May 1983 (1983-05-20) (aged 55) Ljubljana, Slovenia
Sport
Sport	Kayaking
Event	Folding kayak
Medal record Men's slalom canoeing Representing  Yugoslavia World Championships 1955 Tacen Folding K-1

He was also an alpine skier. He competed in three events at the 1956 Winter Olympics, representing Yugoslavia.^[2]

References

1. "Overview of athlete's results". CanoeSlalom.net. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
2. 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

• 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