Matej Žagar

Matej Žagar
Personal information
Nationality	Slovenia
Date of birth	April 3, 1983 (1983-04-03) (age 28)
Place of birth	Ljubljana, Slovenia
Website	MatejZagarRacing.net
Current club information
British league	Eastbourne Eagles
Polish league	Caelum Stal Gorzów
Career history
Częstochowa (POL) Toruń (POL) Rzeszów (POL)	2006 2007 2008
Individual honours
European Champion Under-19 European Champion	2004, 2008 2002
Team honours
European Club Champion	2003

Matej Žagar (born April 3, 1983 in Ljubljana, Slovenia) is a Slovenian motorcycle speedway rider who was won Individual Speedway European Champion titles (Senior in 2004 and 2008; Under 19 in 2002). He was permanent speedway rider in 2006 and 2007 Speedway Grand Prix seasons.

He began his UK career with the Trelawny Tigers in 2003 before moving to the Reading Racers in 2004 when the Tigers closed. He is currently riding for the Eastbourne Eagles.

Career highlights

• Individual World Championship (Speedway Grand Prix):
  • 2003 - 30th place (5 points)
  • 2004 - 26th place (8 points)
  • 2005 - 16th place (23 points)
  • 2006 - 7th place (97 points)
  • 2007 - 14th place (54 points)

• Individual U-21 World Championship:
  • 2004 - 6th place (8 points)
  • 2004 - track reserve (1 point)
  • 2004 - 5th place (10 points)
  • 2004 - 3rd place (8 points and 3rd in Final)

• Team World Championship (Speedway World Cup):
  • 2001 - 6 points in Preliminary Round 1
  • 2002 - 10th-11th place (5 points in Event 3)
  • 2003 - 9th place (13 points in Event 2)
  • 2004 - 9th-10th place (18 points in Qualifying Round 2)
  • 2005 - 9th-10th place (11 points in Qualifying Round 2)
  • 2006 - 9th-10th place (17 points in Qualifying Round 2)
  • 2007 - 13th-14th place (16 points in Qualifying Round 1)

• Individual European Championship:
  • 2002 - 15th place (4 points)
  • 2003 - 4th place (10 points)
  • 2004 - European Champion (14+3 points)
  • 2006 - 17th place (0 points)
  • 2008 - European Champion (14 points)

• Individual U-19 European Championship:
  • 2000 - 11th place (8 points)
  • 2001 - track reserve (2 points)
  • 2002 - European Champion (15 points)

• European Pairs Championship:
  • 2005 - 3rd place (14 points)
  • 2006 - 2nd place (11 points)

• European Club Champions' Cup:
  • 2003 - European Champion (15 points)
  • 2004 - 3rd place (20 points)
  • 2006 - 3rd place in Semi-Final (12 points)
  • 2007 - 3rd place in Semi-Final (injury)

• Individual Slovenian Championship:
  • 2002 - Slovenian Champion
  • 2003 - Slovenian Champion
  • 2004 - Slovenian Champion
  • 2005 - Slovenian Champion
  • 2006 - Slovenian Champion
  • 2007 - Slovenian Champion
  • 2008 - Slovenian Champion
  • 2009 - Slovenian Champion

Current clubs

• Britain: Eastbourne Eagles (Elite League)
• Poland: Caelum Stal Gorzów
• Slovenia: AMTK Ljubljana

Speedway Grand Prix results

Year	Position	Points	Best Finish	Notes
2003	30th	5	15th	Wild card ride
2004	26th	8	9th	Wild card ride
2005	16th	23	3rd	2 Wild card rides
2006	7th	97	2nd	First full season as a GP rider

2007 Speedway Grand Prix - 14th place

Final Championship standings:		14th	54	Riding No (7)
	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
1 /11	Italian SGP	11	5	(1,0,1,0,3)	7
2 /11	European SGP	8	7	(0,3,1,2,1) +0	15
3 /11	Swedish SGP	9	7	(1,3,2,1,0)	16
4 /11	Danish SGP	17	1	(1,-,-,-,-)	10
5 /11	British SGP	12	5	(2,0,1,0,2)	8
6 /11	Czech Rep. SGP	7	8	(3,3,1,0,1) +0	10
7 /11	Scandinavian SGP	15	3	(0,0,2,0,1)	1
8 /11	Latvian SGP	15	2	(2,0,0,0,0)	4
9 /11	Polish SGP	15	4	(1,1,1,0,1)	6
10 /11	Slovenian SGP	12	6	(E,1,3,1,1)	16
11 /11	German SGP	13	6	(2,2,1,0,1)	1

2008 Speedway Grand Prix

Final Championship standings:				Riding No (16)
	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
1 /11	Slovenian SGP				16

	permanent speedway rider
	wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
	rider not classified (track reserve who did not start)

See also

• Slovenia national speedway team
• List of Speedway Grand Prix riders

References

• Rider profile

External links

• Personal web site

Persondata
Name	Zagar, Matej
Alternative names
Short description	Slovenian speedway racer
Date of birth	April 3, 1983
Place of birth	Ljubljana, Slovenia
Date of death
Place of death