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Izak Šantej (born August 26, 1973 in Slovenia) is a Slovenian
motorcycle speedway Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that ...
rider who rode in the
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series. He is a ten times silver medal winner at Slovenian championship.


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 Matej Žagar (born 3 April 1983 in Ljubljana, Slovenia) is a Slovenian motorcycle speedway rider who was won two Individual Speedway European Champion titles in 2008 Individual Speedway European Championship, 2008 and 2009 Individual Speedway E ...
and 5 times by
Matej Ferjan Matej Ferjan (5 January 1977 – 22 May 2011) was a Slovenian motorcycle speedway rider. He earned 8 caps for the Slovenia national speedway team and 2 caps for the Hungary national speedway team. Career Ferjan was born in Ljubljana, Sloveni ...
. He represented Slovenia in the
2001 Speedway World Cup The 2001 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 1st Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, FIM Speedway World Cup season (and 42nd edition of a speedway team World Cup). The Final took place on 7 July 2008 in Wrocław, Poland. The tournament wa ...
and
2002 Speedway World Cup The 2002 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 2nd Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, FIM Speedway World Cup season. The final took place on 10 August 2002 in Peterborough, England. The tournament was won by Australia national speedway tea ...
.


Family

Izak Šantej and his wife, Hermina, have three children, Žan, Miha and Sara.SpeedwayKrsko.si
- 2008-04-25


Speedway Grand Prix results


Career highlights

* Individual World Championship (
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): **
2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...
- 39th place (1 point) **
2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...
- 35th place (4 points) **
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
- 41st place (1 point) * Team World Championship (
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): ** ''
2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...
- 2nd place in Quarter-Final 2 (12 points)'' **
2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...
- 12th place ''(5 points in Event 2)'' **
2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...
- 11th place ''(6 points in Event 3)'' **
2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...
- 9th place ''(4 points in Event 2)'' ** ''
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
- 2nd place in Qualifying Round 2 (13 points)'' ** ''
2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
- 2nd place in Qualifying Round 2 (3 points)'' ** ''
2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...
- 2nd place in Qualifying Round 2 (8 points)'' ** ''
2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
- 4th place in Qualifying Round 1 (8 points)'' * Individual European Championship: **
2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...
- 14th place (3 points) **
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
- 14th place (3 points) ** ''
2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
- 13th place in Qualifying Round 1 (4 points)'' ** ''
2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
- 10th place in Semi-Final 1 (6 points)'' * European Pairs Championship: **
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
- 6th place (7 points) **
2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
- 3rd place (6 points) **
2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...
- 2nd place (dit not started in Final) ** ''
2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
- 4th place in Semi-Final 1 (9 points)'' ** ''
2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
- 5th place in Semi-Final 1 (9 points)'' * European Club Champions' Cup: ** ''
1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...
- 2nd place in Group A (12 points)'' ** ''
1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
- 2nd place in Group (10 points)'' **
2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...
- 3rd place **
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
- 3rd place (13 points) ** ''
2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...
- 3rd place in Semi-Final 2 (5 points)'' ** ''
2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
- 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


See also

* Slovenia national speedway team *
List of Speedway Grand Prix riders This is a complete list of riders who have entered a Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, FIM Speedway Grand Prix since 1995. ''After 2015 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia, 2015 Scandinavian SGP in Stockholm (26 September 2015)'' Inde ...
{{DEFAULTSORT:Santej, Izak 1973 births Living people Slovenian speedway riders