Paško Božić

{{Short description|Croatian taekwondo practitioner}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}

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{{Medal|Sport| Men's taekwondo }}

{{Medal|Country| {{Flagu|Croatia}} }}

{{Medal|Competition| World Championships }}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2023 Baku | +87 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| Grand Prix }}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2023 Paris | +80 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition|European Games}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2023 Kraków-Małopolska|+87 kg}}

{{Medal|Competition| European Championships }}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2022 Manchester | +87 kg }}

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Paško Božić is a Croatian taekwondo practitioner. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's heavyweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan.{{Cite news |last=Burke |first=Patrick |date=4 June 2023 |title=Cissé claims first World Taekwondo Championships title seven years on from Olympic gold |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1137612/wtc-baku-day-7-report |access-date=5 June 2023}} He also won a bronze medal in his event at the 2022 European Taekwondo Championships held in Manchester, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |last=Berkeley |first=Geoff |date=22 May 2022 |title=Double delight for Turkey on last day of European Taekwondo Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1123514/turkey-double-gold-european-taekwondo |access-date=3 June 2023}}{{Cite web |title=2022 European Taekwondo Championships – 22 May 2022 |url=https://europeantaekwondounion.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/P14-Medallists-by-weight-category-DAY-4.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816101031/https://europeantaekwondounion.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/P14-Medallists-by-weight-category-DAY-4.pdf |archive-date=16 August 2022 |access-date=3 June 2023 |website=European Taekwondo Union}}

In 2022, Božić competed in the men's heavyweight event at the World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico where he was eliminated in his first match.

Achievements

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! Event

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2022

| align="left" | European Championships

| align="left" | Manchester, United Kingdom

| align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

rowspan=2 | 2023

| align="left" | World Championships

| align="left" | Baku, Azerbaijan

| align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

align="left" | European Games

| align="left" | Kraków and Małopolska, Poland

| align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

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