Juraj Bača (born 17 March 1977 in Komárno) is a Slovak sprint canoeist who competed from 1998 to 2005. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at Athens in 2004.

Bača also won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with six golds (K-2 500 m: 1998, K-2 1000 m: 1999, K-4 500 m: 2002, 2003; K-4 1000 m: 2002, 2003) and one bronze (K-4 500 m: 2001).

Juraj Bača

After retiring from competition, Bača now works as a kayak coach. In autumn 2006 he appeared on the celebrity TV dance competition Let's Dance.

Juraj Bača

Bača was a member of the ŠKP Bratislava club. He is 186 cm (6'1") tall and raced at 86 kg (189 lbs).

Juraj Bača

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1977 births

Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Living people

Olympic canoeists for Slovakia

Olympic bronze medalists for Slovakia

Slovak male canoeists

Olympic medalists in canoeing

ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak

Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Sportspeople from Komárno