Matej Ferjan
Matej Ferjan 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, Slovenia. He was a five-time Slovenian Individual Speedway Championship winner and a six-time Hungarian champion.In 1998, he won a third place in Individual U-21 World Championship. The same year he made his British leagues debut with Belle [Vue Aces].
On 9 July 2000 he won the Continental Final, which formed part of the 2001 [Speedway Grand Prix Qualification]. He then secured a permanent ride in the 2001 and 2002 Speedway Grand Prixs.
In 2004, he was second in the Individual European Championship, the same year that the BSPA blocked his transfer to Newcastle Diamonds He would however ride for Newcastle seven years later.
He was also the second non Polish rider after Rune Holta to win the Polish Criterium of Aces, winning in 2007 [Mieczysław Połukard Criterium of Polish Speedway Leagues Aces|2007].