Izak Šantej
# Izak Šantej

Izak Šantej (born August 26, 1973 in Slovenia) is a Slovenian motorcycle speedway rider who rode in the Speedway Grand Prix series.

## 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.

## Family

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

## 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
* 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)
