Rune Holta

Rune Holta

Rune Holta (born August 29, 1973) one of the top speedway riders in the world. Holta is born in Stavanger, Norway, and grew up in Randaberg.

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Norwegian individual champion in 1994, 1996, 1997 and 2000.
Polish individual champion in 2003
World Champion with polish national team in 2005.
Danish Super league champion with Outrup in 1999 and 2001.
Polish Extra League champion with Czestochowa in 2003.
Swedish Elitserien champion (SM-GULD) with Valsarna in 1998, 1999 and Vetlanda Speedway in 2004 & 2006

Holta has participated in four seasons in The Speedway Grand Prix, and begin his fifth in 2007.

First Grand Prix season: 2001
Grand Prix finals: Sydney 4th.place (2002), Praha 4th.place (2003) and Bydgoszcz 4th. place (2004).
Best result: 4th place.
Best season: No. 8 in 2003 Speedway Grand Prix

In 2007, Holta will be competing in the Grand Prix series for Poland, rather than for his native Norway.

Startnumbers in the Grand Prix: 14(2001), 17(2002), 11 (2003), 8(2004), 14(2007)

Year	Position	Points	Best Finish	Notes
2000	26th	8	9th	1 wild card ride
2001	14th	41	5th
2002	11th	80	4th
2003	8th	98	4th
2004	14th	60	4th
2005	20th	6		1 wild card ride
2006	-	-	-	Did not participate

2007 Speedway Grand Prix riders
(1) Crump \| (2) Hancock \| (3) N. Pedersen \| (4) Jonsson \| (5) Adams
(6) Andersen \| (7) Žagar \| (8) Gollob \| (9) Hampel \| (10) Lindbäck
(11) Nicholls \| (12) B. Pedersen \| (13) Jaguś \| (14) Holta \| (15) Harris