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Izak Šantej

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Izak Šantej
Born (1973-08-26) August 26, 1973 (age 51)
Slovenia
NationalitySlovenian
Career history
1998-2001Świętochłowice
2002Kraków
2007Poznań
2008Krosno
Individual honours
10 timesSlovenian national runner-up

Izak Šantej (born August 26, 1973 in Slovenia) is a Slovenian motorcycle speedway rider who rode in the Speedway Grand Prix series. He is a ten times silver medal winner at Slovenian championship.[1]

Career

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Šantej medalled 12 times at the Slovenian Individual Speedway Championship. Although he won 10 silver medals and 2 bronze medals he never became champion of Slovenia, being denied the gold medal 5 times by Matej Žagar and 5 times by Matej Ferjan.[2]

He represented Slovenia in the 2001 Speedway World Cup[3] and 2002 Speedway World Cup.[4]

Family

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Izak Šantej and his wife, Hermina, have three children, Žan, Miha and Sara.[5]

Speedway Grand Prix results

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2002 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 23)
Race no. Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw No
4 /10 Slovenia Slovenian SGP 24 1 (0,0) 23
2003 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 24)
Race no. Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw No
5 /9 Slovenia Slovenian SGP 17 4 (1,2,1) 24
2004 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 24)
Race no. Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw No
7 /9 Slovenia Slovenian SGP 24 1 (0,0) 24
2005 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 17)
Race no. Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw No
3 /9 Slovenia Slovenian SGP 17 - - 17
2006 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 17)
Race no. Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw No
1 /10 Slovenia Slovenian SGP 17 - - 17
2007 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 18)
Race no. Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw No
10 /11 Slovenia Slovenian SGP 18 - - 18
2008 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 17)
Race no. Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw No
1 /11 Slovenia Slovenian SGP 17 - - 17
  permanent speedway rider
  wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
  rider not classified (track reserve who did not start)

Career highlights

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  • Individual World Championship (Speedway Grand Prix):
    • 2002 - 39th place (1 point)
    • 2003 - 35th place (4 points)
    • 2004 - 41st place (1 point)
  • Team World Championship (Speedway World Cup):
    • 2000 - 2nd place in Quarter-Final 2 (12 points)
    • 2001 - 12th place (5 points in Event 2)
    • 2002 - 11th place (6 points in Event 3)
    • 2003 - 9th place (4 points in Event 2)
    • 2004 - 2nd place in Qualifying Round 2 (13 points)
    • 2005 - 2nd place in Qualifying Round 2 (3 points)
    • 2006 - 2nd place in Qualifying Round 2 (8 points)
    • 2007 - 4th place in Qualifying Round 1 (8 points)
  • Individual European Championship:
    • 2001 - 14th place (3 points)
    • 2004 - 14th place (3 points)
    • 2007 - 13th place in Qualifying Round 1 (4 points)
    • 2008 - 10th place in Semi-Final 1 (6 points)
  • European Pairs Championship:
    • 2004 - 6th place (7 points)
    • 2005 - 3rd place (6 points)
    • 2006 - 2nd place (dit not started in Final)
    • 2007 - 4th place in Semi-Final 1 (9 points)
    • 2008 - 5th place in Semi-Final 1 (9 points)
  • European Club Champions' Cup:
    • 1998 - 2nd place in Group A (12 points)
    • 1999 - 2nd place in Group (10 points)
    • 2003 - 3rd place
    • 2004 - 3rd place (13 points)
    • 2006 - 3rd place in Semi-Final 2 (5 points)
    • 2007 - 3rd place in Semi-Final 1 (14 points)
  • Individual Slovenian Championship:
    • 1995 - 3rd place
    • 1997 - 2nd place
    • 1998 - 2nd place
    • 1999 - 2nd place
    • 2000 - 2nd place
    • 2001 - 2nd place
    • 2002 - 2nd place
    • 2003 - 2nd place
    • 2004 - 2nd place
    • 2006 - 2nd place
    • 2007 - 3rd place
    • 2008 - 2nd place
  • Team Slovenian Championship:
    • 1993 - 2nd place (AMD Krsko)
    • 1995 - 2nd place (AMD Krsko)
    • 1996 - Slovenian Champion (AMD Krsko)
    • 1997 - 2nd place (AMD Krsko)
    • 1998 - 2nd place (AMD Krsko)
    • 1999 - 2nd place (AMD Krsko)
    • 2000 - 2nd place (AMD Krsko)
    • 2001 - 2nd place (AMD Krsko)
    • 2002 - 2nd place (AMD Krsko)
    • 2003 - 2nd place (AMD Krsko)
    • 2004 - Slovenian Champion (AMD Krsko)

References

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  1. ^ "Na 7. spominskem speedway večeru gostili Izaka Šanteja". Posavski Obzornik. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Individual Championship of Slovenia". Speedway Fansite. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Jonsson in the groove". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Poles go through". The Argus. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  5. ^ SpeedwayKrsko.si - 2008-04-25

See also

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