Denis Štojs (born 23 January
1978
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) is a Slovenian
motorcycle speedway
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rider.
Craeer
Štojs was a member of
Slovenia team at
2002
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and
2003 Speedway World Cup
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. He started in
Speedway Grand Prix
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as a wild card.
He medalled five times at the
Slovenian Individual Speedway Championship, always winning the bronze.
Honours
World Championships
*
Individual Speedway World Championship
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Speedway Grand Prix
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)
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2003
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- 47th place (1 pt in one event)
** ''
2005
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- did not started as track reserve''
* Team World Championship (
Speedway World Team Cup
The Speedway World Team Cup was an annual speedway event held each year in different countries. The competition started in 1960 and was replaced with the Speedway World Cup in 2001.
Format
From 1960 until 1985 each team consisted of four riders ...
and
Speedway World Cup
The Speedway World Cup is an annual speedway event held each year in different countries. The first edition of the competition in the current format was held in 2001 and replaced the old World Team Cup which ran from 1960 until 2000. The last edi ...
)
**
2002
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- 11th place (1 pt in
Event 3
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2003
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- 9th place (2 pts in
Event 2
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2005
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- 2nd place in Qualifying round 2''
** ''
2006 - 2nd place in Qualifying round 2''
** ''
2008
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- 3rd place in Qualifying round 2''
European Championships
*
European Pairs Championship
**
2004
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Events January
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Debrecen
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- 6th place (5 pts)
** ''
2007
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- 4th place in Semi-Final 1''
*
European Club Champions' Cup
** ''
2001
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- 4th place in Group A''
See also
*
Slovenia national speedway team
The Slovenia national speedway team are motorcycle speedway national team from Slovenia. They were 2nd in 2006 European Pairs Speedway Championship.
Speedway World Cup
Riders
European Pairs Championship
Team U-21 World Championsh ...
*
List of Speedway Grand Prix riders
This is a complete list of riders who have entered a FIM Speedway Grand Prix since 1995.
''After 2015 Scandinavian SGP in Stockholm (26 September 2015)''
Index
A
* Leigh Adams
* Zoltán Adorján
* Sebastian Aldén
* Stefano Alfons ...
References
External links
* (en) (pl
Denis Štojs at www.lubusports.pl
Slovenian speedway riders
1978 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Novo Mesto
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