Rok Benkovič (born 20 March 1986) is a Slovenian former

ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fin ...

who competed from 2001 to 2007. Benkovič started with his sport career at the relatively advanced age of eleven, when he first participated in ski jumping in 1997. In

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, he won the silver medal at the Junior World Championship on 6 February 2003. His biggest success came at the

2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 took place 16–27 February 2005 in Oberstdorf, Germany, for the second time after hosting it previously in 1987. The ski jumping team normal hill event returned after not being held in 2003 2 ...

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, where he won the individual normal hill on 19 February 2005, making him the second Slovenian to win a gold medal after that of

Franci Petek Franci Petek (born 15 June 1971) is a Slovenian former ski jumper and geographer who represented Yugoslavia during his ski jumping career. Career At the 1991 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme, Petek won a gold medal for Yugos ...

in 1991. The very next day, he won a bronze medal for the Slovenians in a team normal hill competition involving

Primož Peterka Primož Peterka () is a Slovenian former ski jumper who competed from 1996 to 2011. He is one of the most successful athletes from Slovenia, having won fifteen individual FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, World Cup competitions, two consecutive overall ...

Jure Bogataj Jure Bogataj (born 26 April 1985) is a Slovenian former ski jumping, ski jumper who competed from 2002 to 2011. He won a bronze medal in the team normal hill event at the 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Schattenberg Ski Jump, Oberstdor ...

and

Jernej Damjan Jernej Damjan (born 28 May 1983) is a Slovenian former ski jumper. Career Damjan won a bronze medal in the team normal hill event at the 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, and finished 6th in the individual normal hill ev ...

. He also competed at the

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, finishing 10th in the team large hill, 29th in the individual large hill, and 49th in the individual normal hill. From 2005 to 2007, Benkovič held the Slovenian national distance record of 226 metres, set in

Planica Planica () is an Alpine valley in northwestern Slovenia, extending south from the border village of Rateče, not far from another well-known ski resort, Kranjska Gora. Further south, the valley extends into the Tamar Valley, a popular hikin ...

. This was broken by countryman

Robert Kranjec Robert Kranjec (born 16 July 1981) is a Slovenian former ski jumper. Career Kranjec won a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in the team large hill event. He won his first World Cup event at Kuusamo, Finland in 2005. I ...

, who jumped 229 m. In May 2007 Benkovič retired from ski jumping.

Career

Olympic Games

World Championships

''2 medals (1 gold, 1 bronze)''

Ski-Flying World Championships

World Cup

Standings

References

External links

* 1986 births Living people Slovenian male ski jumpers Ski jumpers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic ski jumpers for Slovenia FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Skiers from Ljubljana 21st-century Slovenian sportsmen {{Slovenia-skijumping-bio-stub