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Rok Benkovič

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Rok Benkovič (born 20 March 1986) is a Slovenian former ski jumper 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 Sollefteå, Sweden, 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 in Oberstdorf, 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 in 1991. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rok Benkovič is the 572nd most popular skier (up from 601st in 2019), the 271st most popular biography from Slovenia (up from 283rd in 2019) and the 27th most popular Slovene Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Rok Benkovič ranks 572 out of 817Before him are Tore Ruud Hofstad, Filip Zubčić, Laure Pequegnot, Magnus Krog, Seth Wescott, and Žan Košir. After him are Jan Schmid, Junshirō Kobayashi, Reinfried Herbst, Daniel Albrecht, Jurij Tepeš, and Alexander Bolshunov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1986, Rok Benkovič ranks 860Before him are Andrei Volokitin, Takayuki Seto, Dana, Novica Veličković, Juliano Mineiro, and Aatif Chahechouhe. After him are Pierre Rolland, Habib Bellaïd, René Rast, Grigoriy Dobrygin, Marco Ruben, and Alexz Johnson.

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In Slovenia

Among people born in Slovenia, Rok Benkovič ranks 271 out of 340Before him are Luka Špik (1979), Cene Prevc (1996), Peter Mankoč (1978), Tina Šutej (1988), Jaka Bijol (1999), and Žan Košir (1984). After him are Jurij Tepeš (1989), Maja Keuc (1992), Luka Mezgec (1988), Aljaž Bedene (1989), Denis Halilović (1986), and Jure Dolenec (1988).

Among SKIERS In Slovenia

Among skiers born in Slovenia, Rok Benkovič ranks 27Before him are Jernej Damjan (1983), Vesna Fabjan (1985), Nika Prevc (2005), Žan Kranjec (1992), Cene Prevc (1996), and Žan Košir (1984). After him are Jurij Tepeš (1989), Nika Križnar (2000), Urša Bogataj (1995), Timi Zajc (2000), Katja Višnar (1984), and Alenka Dovžan (1976).