Izak Šantej

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]

Izak Šantej

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

Career

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

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

Speedway Grand Prix results

2002 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 23)

Race no.	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
4 /10	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	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	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	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	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	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	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

• 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)