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Born | 12 March 1928 Jesenice, Slovenia | ||||||||||||||
Died | 19 May 1983 Ljubljana, Slovenia | (aged 55)||||||||||||||
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Sport | Kayaking | ||||||||||||||
Event | Folding kayak | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
He was also an alpine skier. He competed in three events at the 1956 Winter Olympics, representing Yugoslavia. [2]