Rune Holta

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Rune Holta
Personal Information
Nationality Flag of Poland Poland
Date of birth August 29, 1973 (1973-08-29) (age 34)
Place of birth    Stavanger, Norway
Website Official website
Current Club Information
Polish League Stal Gorzów Wlkp.
Swedish League Vetlanda
Danish League Outrup
Career History
Grudziądz (POL)
Unia Tarnów (POL)
Częstochowa (POL)
Rzeszów (POL)
Unia Tarnów (POL)
Gorzów Wlkp. (POL)
Outrup (DEN)
Valsarna (SWE)
Vetlanda (SWE)
1994
1997-1998
1999-2000, 2002-2005
2006
2007
2008-
1997-2002
1999-
2003-
Individual Honours
Norwegian Champion
Polish Champion
Nordic Champion
1994, 1996, 1997, 2000
2003, 2007
1999, 2000
Team Honours
World Cup Winner
Polish Team Champion
Polish Pairs Champion
Swedish Elitserien Champion
Danish League Champion
Polish Div Two Champion
2005, 2007
2003
2007
1998, 1999, 2004, 2006
1999, 2001
1999

Rune Holta (born August 29, 1973 in Stavanger, Norway), grew up in Randaberg Norway.[1] He is an international speedway rider who has been a Polish citizen since 2002, allowing him to represent Poland in international competitions and was a member of their Speedway World Cup winning teams in 2005 and 2007. He has also won the Polish Championship in 2003 and 2007.

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[edit] Speedway Grand Prix

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 7th 91 3th
  permanent speedway rider
  wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
  rider notclassify (track reserve who not started)

[edit] Plane crash

Place of 2007 plane crash.
Place of 2007 plane crash.

In 2007 Holta survived a plane crash with fellow rider Tomasz Gollob. The plane, flown by Władysław Gollob, crashed on the way to a meeting at Zielona Gora. Holta escaped with cuts and bruises.[2]

On his official website, Holta stated "In spite of the circumstance I'm doing OK but I'm very shaken. We have been very lucky, and I'm just glad that I'm still alive."[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0
  2. ^ Holta survives plane crash drama. Evening Star (2007-06-11). Retrieved on 2007-10-24.
  3. ^ Holta in airplane crash. www.holta-racing.com (2007-06-10). Retrieved on 2007-10-24.

[edit] See also

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2008 Speedway Grand Prix riders
(1) Flag of Denmark N. Pedersen (2) Flag of Australia Adams (3) Flag of Australia Crump (4) Flag of Poland Gollob (5) Flag of Denmark Andersen
(6) Flag of the United States Hancock (7) Flag of Poland Holta (8) Flag of the United Kingdom Nicholls (9) Flag of the United Kingdom Harris (10) Flag of Sweden Jonsson
(11) Flag of Denmark B. Pedersen (12) Flag of Denmark Iversen (13) Flag of the Czech Republic L. Dryml (14) Flag of Poland K. Kasprzak (15) Flag of Sweden Lindgren