Rok Benkovič (born 20 March 1986) is a Slovenian former ski jumper who competed from 2001 to 2007.

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Rok Benkovič
Benkovič at Oslo, 2005
Country	Slovenia
Born	(1986-03-20) 20 March 1986 (age 38) Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia
Personal best	226 m (741 ft) Planica, 20 Mar 2005
World Cup career
Seasons	2001–2007
Medal record Men's ski jumping World Championships 2005 Oberstdorf Individual normal hill 2005 Oberstdorf Team normal hill
Updated on 13 March 2015.

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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. 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.

From 2005 to 2007, Benkovič held the Slovenian national distance record of 226 metres, set in Planica. This was broken by countryman Robert Kranjec, who jumped 229 m. In May 2007 Benkovič retired from ski jumping.^[1]