Rok Benkovič

Who is Rok Benkovič?

Rok Benkovič is a former Slovenian ski jumper.

Benkovič started with his sport career at the relatively advanced age of eleven, when he first participated in ski jumping in 1997. In Sollefteå, Sweden, he won the silver medal at the Junior World Championship on February 6, 2003. His biggest success came at the 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, where he won the individual normal hill on February 19, 2005, making him the second Slovenian to win a gold medal after that of Franci Petek in 1991. The very next day, he won a bronze medal for the Slovenians in a team normal hill competition involving Primož Peterka, Jure Bogataj and Jernej Damjan.

He also competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, finishing 10th in the team large hill, 29th in the individual large hill, and 49th in the individual normal hill.

Benkovič held the Slovenian ski jumping record of 226m, set in Planica between 2005 until 2007, when his team mate Robert Kranjec set the new Slovenian record of 229m. In May 2007 Benkovič ended his career.

He lives in Kamnik.