# 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.

## 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.
He represented Slovenia in the 2001 Speedway World Cup and 2002 Speedway World Cup.

## 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
** 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)