Rok Petrovič
Personal information | |
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Born | (1966-02-05)5 February 1966 Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia |
Died | 16 September 1993(1993-09-16) (aged 27) Vela Luka, Croatia |
Occupation | Alpine skier |
Skiing career | |
Disciplines | Giant slalom, slalom |
World Cup debut | 10 December 1984 |
Retired | 10 March 1989 |
Olympics | |
Medals | 0 (0 gold) |
World Championships | |
Medals | 0 (0 gold) |
World Cup | |
Seasons | 5 |
Wins | 5 |
Podiums | 9 |
Overall titles | 0 |
Discipline titles | 1 |
Rok Petrovič listenⓘ (5 February 1966 – 16 September 1993) was a Yugoslav and Slovenian alpine skier.
Petrovič was born in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, the son of Zdenka Steiner and Krešimir Petrović, a well known sports psychologist of Croatian origin. His first success in alpine ski racing was the 1983 Junior World Championship slalom title in Sestriere, Italy.
After this he rapidly advanced up the world slalom rankings. In the 1985–86 Alpine Skiing World Cup season, he was practically unbeatable in slalom, his competition left to wait for rare mistakes in his highly aggressive and innovative skiing style. That season he won 5 races, is second in St. Anton, Austria and third in Geilo, Norway, easily winning the World Cup slalom title and becoming the first Yugoslav with a crystal globe.
After his championship-winning season, Petrovič was unable to recapture his winning form, the only hint of his championship season being a second place behind his teammate Bojan Križaj at the unforgettable race in Kranjska Gora next season. He finished eighth in the 1988 Winter Olympic Games giant slalom.
Due to his lack of winning results, he quit skiing in 1988 and began studies at the College of Sports in Ljubljana. He graduated in 1991 and continued with post-graduate study. He was to defend his M.Sc. thesis in the autumn of 1993, but shortly before defending his thesis he took a short break at the Croatian island Korčula and drowned in a diving accident.
Altogether he won 5 World Cup races, all in slalom and all in his champion season in 1985-86:
World Cup results
Season titles
Season | Discipline |
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1986 | Slalom |
Season standings
Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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1985 | 18 | 30 | 16 | 16 | — | — | — |
1986 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 7 | — | — | — |
1987 | 20 | 33 | 11 | 27 | — | — | — |
1988 | 21 | 69 | 26 | — | — | — | — |
1989 | 22 | 68 | 34 | 31 | — | — | — |
Race podiums
Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Position |
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1985 | 20 March 1985 | Park City, United States | Slalom | 2nd |
1986 | 1 December 1985 | Sestriere, Italy | Slalom | 1st |
21 December 1985 | Kranjska Gora, Yugoslavia | Slalom | 1st | |
25 January 1986 | St. Anton, Austria | Slalom | 2nd | |
2 February 1986 | Wengen, Switzerland | Slalom | 1st | |
25 February 1986 | Lillehammer, Norway | Slalom | 1st | |
2 March 1986 | Geilo, Norway | Slalom | 3rd | |
11 March 1986 | Heavenly Valley, United States | Slalom | 1st | |
1987 | 20 December 1986 | Kranjska Gora, Yugoslavia | Slalom | 2nd |
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Preceded by | Yugoslav Sportsman of the Year 1986 | Succeeded by |
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- 1967: Jean-Claude Killy
- 1968: Dumeng Giovanoli
- 1969: Patrick Russel
- 1970: Patrick Russel
Alfred Matt
Alain Penz
Jean-Noël Augert - 1971: Patrick Russel
Alain Penz - 1972: Jean-Noël Augert
- 1973: Gustav Thöni
- 1974: Gustav Thöni
- 1975: Ingemar Stenmark
- 1976: Ingemar Stenmark
- 1977: Ingemar Stenmark
- 1978: Ingemar Stenmark
- 1979: Ingemar Stenmark
- 1980: Ingemar Stenmark
- 1981: Ingemar Stenmark
- 1982: Phil Mahre
- 1983: Ingemar Stenmark
Stig Strand - 1984: Marc Girardelli
- 1985: Marc Girardelli
- 1986: Rok Petrović
- 1987: Bojan Križaj
- 1988: Alberto Tomba
- 1989: Armin Bittner
- 1990: Armin Bittner
- 1991: Marc Girardelli
- 1992: Alberto Tomba
- 1993: Thomas Fogdö
- 1994: Alberto Tomba
- 1995: Alberto Tomba
- 1996: Sébastien Amiez
- 1997: Thomas Sykora
- 1998: Thomas Sykora
- 1999: Thomas Stangassinger
- 2000: Kjetil André Aamodt
- 2001: Benjamin Raich
- 2002: Ivica Kostelić
- 2003: Kalle Palander
- 2004: Rainer Schönfelder
- 2005: Benjamin Raich
- 2006: Giorgio Rocca
- 2007: Benjamin Raich
- 2008: Manfred Mölgg
- 2009: Jean-Baptiste Grange
- 2010: Reinfried Herbst
- 2011: Ivica Kostelić
- 2012: André Myhrer
- 2013: Marcel Hirscher
- 2014: Marcel Hirscher
- 2015: Marcel Hirscher
- 2016: Henrik Kristoffersen
- 2017: Marcel Hirscher
- 2018: Marcel Hirscher
- 2019: Marcel Hirscher
- 2020: Henrik Kristoffersen
- 2021: Marco Schwarz
- 2022: Henrik Kristoffersen
- 2023: Lucas Braathen
- 2024: Manuel Feller