Aurel Benović
Croatian artistic gymnast
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Aurel Benović (born 14 July 2000)[1] is a Croatian artistic gymnast. He is the 2020 European Championships floor exercise silver medalist. He represented Croatia at the 2024 Summer Olympics and finished fifth in the vault final.
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| Born | 14 July 2000 Osijek, Croatia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Croatia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | GD Osijek-Zito | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach | Vladimir Madarevic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early and personal life
Career
Benović competed at the 2016 Junior European Championships and finished 41st on the floor exercise during the qualification round.[3]
2018–19
Benović began competing in senior international competitions in 2018. He was the third reserve for the floor exercise final at the 2018 Doha World Cup.[4] At the 2019 Osijek World Challenge Cup, he finished seventh in the floor exercise final.[5] He then won his first FIG World Cup medal at the Koper World Challenge Cup.[6] Then at the 2019 Mersin World Challenge Cup, he won the gold medal on the floor exercise, the first gold medal of his senior international career.[7]
2020–21
Benović won the silver medal on the floor exercise behind Israel's Artem Dolgopyat at the 2020 European Championships held in Mersin, Turkey.[8][9] At the 2021 European Championships, he finished 14th on the floor exercise during the qualification round.[10] He won the gold medal on the floor exercise at the 2021 Varna World Challenge Cup.[11] Then at the Osijek World Challenge Cup, he won the silver medal on the floor exercise behind Kazakhstan's Milad Karimi.[12] He competed at the 2021 World Championships in Kitakyushu but did not advance to the floor exercise final.[13]
2022
Benović won a silver medal on the floor exercise behind Yahor Sharamkou at the 2022 Cottbus World Cup,[14] and he won the bronze medal at the Doha World Cup.[15] He competed on the floor exercise at the European Championships but did not advance to the final.[16] At the Osijek World Challenge Cup, he successfully competed the most difficult routine of the floor exercise final and won the gold medal.[17] He competed at the World Championships in Liverpool and was the second reserve for the floor exercise final.[18]
2023
At the 2023 Cottbus World Cup, Benović finished eighth in the floor exercise final.[19] Then at the Baku World Cup, he finished fifth on the floor exercise and sixth on the vault.[20] He won the silver medal on the floor exercise at the Cairo World Cup behind Ukraine's Illia Kovtun,[21] and he finished seventh in the vault final.[22] He missed the 2023 World Championships due to a broken metatarsal bone in his right foot.[2]
2024
Benović registered for the 2024 FIG World Cup series to earn points for Olympic qualification. He finished eighth in the floor exercise final at the Cottbus World Cup.[23] Then at the Baku World Cup, he finished seventh on the floor exercise and fifth on the vault.[24] By finishing fourth on the floor exercise at the Doha World Cup, he clinched enough points to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[25][26] He won the gold medal on the vault at the Osijek World Challenge Cup and finished seventh on the floor exercise.[27] At the Olympic Games, he qualified for the vault final in third place.[28] He also competed on the floor exercise and finished 28th in the qualification round.[29] He then finished in fifth place in the vault final.[30]
