| Birth Place: | Jesenice, Slovenia |
| Death Place: | Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Sport: | Kayaking |
| Event: | Folding kayak |
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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]