Rune Holta

Rune Holta
Personal information
Nationality Poland
Date of birth August 29, 1973 (1973-08-29) (age 38)
Place of birth    Stavanger, Norway
Website Official website
Current club information
Polish league KS Toruń
Swedish league Dackarna
Career history
Norway
NMK Sandnes & Jæren
Poland
GrudziądzMorawski Zielona Gora<1996>
Unia Tarnów
Częstochowa
Rzeszów
Unia Tarnów
Gorzów Wielkopolski
Denmark
Outrup
Sweden
Valsarna
Vetlanda
Indianerna
Dackarna

1991-2001

1994
1997-1998
1999-2000, 2002-2005, 2010
2006
2007
2008-2009

1997-2002

1995-2002
2003-2008
2009
2010
Speedway Grand Prix statistics
2009 Number 7
Starts 74[1]
Podiums 5 (2-1-2)
Finalist 8 time
Winner 2 times
Individual honours
Norwegian Champion
Polish Champion
Nordic Champion
Golden Helmet of Pardubice (CZE)
Swedish Grand Prix
Scandinavian Grand Prix
1994, 1996, 1997, 2000
2003, 2007
1999, 2000
2009, 2011
2008
2010
Team honours
World Cup Winner
Polish Team Champion
Polish Pairs Champion
Swedish Elitserien Champion
Danish League Champion
Polish Div Two Champion
2005, 2007, 2010
2003
2007
1998, 1999, 2004, 2006
1999, 2001
1999

Rune Holta (born August 29, 1973 in Stavanger, Norway), grew up in Randaberg Norway.[2] 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, 2007 & 2010. He has also won the Polish Championship in 2003 and 2007.

For his sport achievements, he received:

Golden Cross of Merit in 2007.

Contents

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 3rd
  permanent speedway rider
  wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
  rider not classified (track reserve who did not start)

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 Tarnów. Holta escaped with cuts and bruises.[3]

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."[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Świat Żużla, No 2 (78) 2009, page 14, ISSN 1429-3285
  2. ^ Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0
  3. ^ "Holta survives plane crash drama". Evening Star. 2007-06-11. http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/sport/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=Sport&tBrand=estonline&tCategory=Sport&itemid=IPED11+Jun+2007+11:53:09:977. Retrieved 2007-10-24. 
  4. ^ "Holta in airplane crash". www.holta-racing.com. 2007-06-10. http://www.holta-racing.com/module.php?lang=eng&page=news&menu=news&year=2007&cat=hr&newspage=3. Retrieved 2007-10-24. 

External links

2011 Speedway Grand Prix riders
1 Gollob 2 Hampel 3 Crump 4 Holta 5 Hancock
6 Harris 7 Bjerre 8 Holder 9 Jonsson 10 Pedersen
11 Lindgren 12 Sayfutdinov 13 Laguta 14 Lindbäck 15 Kołodziej