Denis Štojs

Denis Štojs (born 23 January 1978)^[1][2] is a Slovenian motorcycle speedway rider.

Denis Štojs

Born	(1978-01-23) January 23, 1978 (age 47) Novo Mesto
Nickname	Legenda
Nationality	Slovenian
Career history
1999-2004, 2012-	AMD Krsko
2008	ST Lendawa
2009-	Speedway Miskolc
Individual honours
2004, 2008, 2016 2017, 2019	Slovenian national bronze

Career

Štojs was a member of the Slovenia team at the 2002^[3] and 2003 Speedway World Cups. He started in the 2003 Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia^[4] and 2016 Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia as a wild card.^[5]

He medalled five times at the Slovenian Individual Speedway Championship, always winning the bronze.^[6]

Further world cup appearances ensued in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,^[7] and 2014.

Honours

World championships

• Individual Speedway World Championship (Speedway Grand Prix)
  • 2003: 47th place (1 point in one event)
  • 2005: did not start as track reserve
• Team World Championship (Speedway World Team Cup and Speedway World Cup)
  • 2002: 11th place (1 point in Event 3)
  • 2003: 9th place (2 points in Event 2)
  • 2005: 2nd place in qualifying round 2
  • 2006: 2nd place in qualifying round 2
  • 2008: 3rd place in qualifying round 2

European championships

• European Pairs Championship
  • 2004 Debrecen: 6th place (5 points)
  • 2007: 4th place in semifinal 1
• European Club Champions' Cup
  • 2001: 4th place in Group A

See also

• Slovenia national speedway team
• List of Speedway Grand Prix riders