At the 1998 Winter Olympics in the Japanese Nagano he could reach the 17th place on the normal hill and 38th on the large hill. In the team competition he reached 10th place together with Miha Rihtar , Peter Žonta and Primož Peterka . On 11 March 1998 he achieved 12th place in the Swedish Falun the highest individual placing in the World Cup. At the ski flying world championship in Vikersund in 2000 , he came in 38th place. At the beginning of the 2001/02 season Vrhovnik jumped in the Continental Cup , but was taken back to the World Cup squad after four jumps with good performances. However, he could not achieve any more success in the World Cup and therefore started in the Continental Cup from February 2002. After he could not achieve any notable success there either, he ended his active jumping career in March 2003.