Rok Perko

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Rok Perko
Personal information
Born (1985-06-10) June 10, 1985 (age 38)
Kranj, Yugoslavia
Occupation Alpine skier
Skiing career
Disciplines Downhill, Super-G, Combined
ClubKUT - Klub učiteljev in trenerjev TB
Olympics
Teams1 – (10)
World Championships
Teams3 – (200711)
World Cup
Seasons9 – (200513)
Podiums1

Rok Perko (born June 10, 1985) [1] is a former Slovenian alpine ski racer. He was born in Kranj, and specialized in downhill, super-G and combined.

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Career

His best career result was a 2nd place in World Cup downhill in Val Gardena, Italy. In 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill he took 14th place. He also competed in three different FIS Alpine World Ski Championships where he didn't have any bigger success.

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
slalom
Super-GDownhillCombined
2006 2014451
2007 2113051
2008 221225044
2009 23984938
2010 24925833
2011 2515056
2012 261104151
2013 27543616
2014 281094047

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2013 15 Dec 2012 Flag of Italy.svg Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill2nd

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References

  1. "FIS-Ski - biographie". www.fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 2004-11-26.