{{Short description|Norwegian speedway rider}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox speedway rider | name= Rune Holta | image = Runeholta.jpg | nationality = Norwegian & Polish | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|8|29|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Stavanger (city)|Stavanger]], Norway
| career1 = '''Norway''' | years2 = 1991–2001 | career2 = NMK Sandnes & Jæren | career3 = '''Poland''' | years4 = 1994 | career4 = [[GTŻ Grudziądz|Grudziądz]] | years5 = 1996, 2012 | career5 = [[Falubaz Zielona Góra|Zielona Góra]] | years6 = 1997–1998, 2007 | career6 = [[Unia Tarnów (speedway)|Tarnów]] | years7 = 1999–2000, 2002–2005, 2010, 2013–2014, 2017, 2020 | career7 = [[Włókniarz Częstochowa|Częstochowa]] | years8 = 2006 | career8 = [[Stal Rzeszów (motorcycle speedway)|Rzeszów]] | years9 = 2008–2009 | career9 = [[Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski|Gorzów]] | years10 = 2011, 2018–2019 | career10 = [[KS Toruń|Toruń]] | years11 = 2015 | career11 = [[TZ Ostrovia Ostrów Wielkopolski|Ostrów]] | years12 = 2016, 2021 | career12 = [[ŻKS ROW Rybnik|Rybnik]] | years13 = 2022 | career13 = [[PSŻ Poznań|Poznań]] | years14 = 2023 | career14 = [[Orzeł Łódź|Łódź]] | career15 = '''Denmark''' | years16 = 1997–2004, 2013 | career16 = [[Region Varde Elitesport|Outrup]] | years17 = 2008 | career17 = [[Grindsted Speedway Klub|Grindsted]] | career26 = '''Sweden''' | years27 = 1995–2002 | career27 = [[Valsarna]] | years28 = 2003–2008, 2015, 2021 | career28 = [[Vetlanda Speedway|Vetlanda]] | years29 = 2009, 2012–2013 | career29 = [[Indianerna]] | years30 = 2010–2011, 2016 | career30 = [[Dackarna]] | years31 = 2014 | career31 = [[Västervik Speedway|Västervik]] | career32 = '''Germany''' | years33 = 2016–2019 | career33 = [[MSC Brokstedt|Brokstedt]]
| SGP No =7 | SGP starts =74<ref>''Świat Żużla'', No 2 (78) 2009, page 14, {{ISSN|1429-3285}}</ref> | SGP podium =5 (2–1–2) | SGP finals =8 | SGP win =2 | indivyear1 = 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000 | indivhonour1 = [[Norwegian Individual Speedway Championship|Norwegian Champion]] | indivyear2 = 2003, 2007 | indivhonour2 = [[Individual Speedway Polish Championship|Polish Champion]] | indivyear3 = 1999, 2000 | indivhonour3 = Nordic Champion | indivyear4 = 2009, 2011 | indivhonour4 = [[Golden Helmet of Pardubice (CZE)|Golden Helmet of Pardubice]] | indivyear5 = 2008 | indivhonour5 = [[2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden|Swedish Grand Prix]] | indivyear6 = 2010 | indivhonour6 = [[2010 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia|Scandinavian Grand Prix]] | teamyear1 = 2005, 2007, 2010 | teamhonour1 = [[Speedway World Cup|World Cup Winner]] | teamyear2 = 2003 | teamhonour2 = [[Team Speedway Polish Championship|Polish Team Champion]] | teamyear3 = 2007 | teamhonour3 = [[Polish Pairs Speedway Championship|Polish Pairs Champion]] | teamyear4 = 1998, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2015 | teamhonour4 = [[Elitserien (speedway)|Swedish Elitserien Champion]] | teamyear5 = 1999, 2001 | teamhonour5 = Danish League Champion | teamyear6 = 1999 | teamhonour6 = Polish Div Two Champion }}
'''Rune Holta''' (born 29 August 1973 in [[Stavanger (city)|Stavanger]], Norway) is a [[Motorcycle speedway|speedway]] rider.<ref>{{cite book|last=Montague|first=Trevor|title=The A-Z of Sport|year=2004|page=521|publisher=Little, Brown|isbn=0-316-72645-1}}</ref> He grew up in [[Randaberg Municipality]], Norway,<ref>Oakes, P.(2006). ''Speedway Star Almanac''. {{ISBN|0-9552376-1-0}}</ref> but has been a Polish citizen since 2002.
== Career == In 1994, Holta finished runner-up to [[Mikael Karlsson (speedway rider)|Mikael Karlsson]] in the final of the [[1994 Speedway Under-21 World Championship]] following a run-off for the title.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wolves' Karlsson trumphant as King of the Under-21s |work=Birmingham Daily Post |date=15 August 1994 |access-date=10 March 2024|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19940815/020/0020 | via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> This was the same year that Holta won the first of his four [[Norwegian Individual Speedway Championship]]s.<ref>{{cite web | title = Speedway History Info - Historia Zuzla | publisher = Historia Sportu Zuzlowego | url = http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/indmnorwegii.php | access-date = 4 February 2024}}</ref>
In 2002, he took Polish citizenship, allowing him to represent [[Poland speedway team|Poland]] in international competitions and was a member of their [[Speedway World Cup]] winning teams in 2005, 2007 and 2010. He has also won the [[Individual Speedway Polish Championship|Polish Championship]] in 2003 and 2007.
In 2020, he rode for [[Dackarna]] Malilla in the Swedish Elit League and for [[Włókniarz Częstochowa]] in the [[Ekstraliga (speedway)|Polish Ekstraliga]]. In 2022, he helped [[PSŻ Poznań]] win the [[2022 Polish Speedway season|2022 2.Liga]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.flashscore.in/moto-racing/speedway/2-liga/ |title=2022 Liga 2 results |website=Flash Score |access-date=5 January 2023}}</ref>
== Awards == For his sport achievements, he received: <br> [[Image:POL Złoty Krzyż Zasługi BAR.svg|65px|Golden Cross of Merit]] Golden [[Cross of Merit (Poland)|Cross of Merit]] in 2007.
== Plane crash == [[Image:Gollob awionetka2.jpg|thumb|200px|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 [[Tarnów]]. Holta escaped with cuts and bruises.<ref name="Evening Star">{{cite web | title = Holta survives plane crash drama | publisher = Evening Star | date = 1 June 2007| url = 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 | access-date = 24 October 2007 }}</ref>
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."''<ref>{{cite web| title =Holta in airplane crash| publisher =www.holta-racing.com| date =1 June 2007| url =http://www.holta-racing.com/module.php?lang=eng&page=news&menu=news&year=2007&cat=hr&newspage=3| access-date =24 October 2007| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090124035642/http://www.holta-racing.com/module.php?lang=eng| archive-date =24 January 2009}}</ref>
== Major results == === Speedway Grand Prix === {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- ! 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 |}
{{SGP Career|2007|P|POS=7th |PTS=91+3 |No=14 |event= {{SGP Career/event|1 |2007||ITA|4 |15|2 |(X,0,X,2,0)}} {{SGP Career/event|2 |2007||EUR|6 |11|6 |(1,F,2,3,X)}} {{SGP Career/event|3 |2007||SWE|1 |6 |9 |(3,1,1,1,3) +0}} {{SGP Career/event|4 |2007||DEN|4 |12|5 |(0,2,3,F,0)}} {{SGP Career/event|5 |2007||GBR|7 |11|5 |(3,1,E,1,0)}} {{SGP Career/event|6 |2007||CZE|11|3 |16|(1,2,3,2,3) +3 +1}} {{SGP Career/event|7 |2007||SCA|10|11|5 |(0,0,1,1,3)}} {{SGP Career/event|8 |2007||LVA|16|10|7 |(1,1,2,3,0)}} {{SGP Career/event|9 |2007||POL|11|6 |10|(0,3,2,2,3) +0}} {{SGP Career/event|10|2007||SVN|13|3 |17|(2,3,3,3,2) +2 +1}} {{SGP Career/event|11|2007||GER|15|6 |10|(1,2,3,1,2) +1}} }} {{SGP Career|2008|P|POS=13 |PTS=5 |No=7 |event=1 {{SGP Career/event|1 |2008||SVN|1|13|5|(3,1,0,1,0)}} {{SGP Career/event|2 |2008||EUR||||}} {{SGP Career/event|3 |2008||SWE||||}} {{SGP Career/event|4 |2008||DEN||||}} {{SGP Career/event|5 |2008||GBR||||}} {{SGP Career/event|6 |2008||CZE||||}} {{SGP Career/event|7 |2008||SCA||||}} {{SGP Career/event|8 |2008||LVA||||}} {{SGP Career/event|9 |2008||POL||||}} {{SGP Career/event|10|2008||ITA||||}} {{SGP Career/event|11|2008||GER||||}} }} {{SGP Career/key}}
== See also == {{commons}} * [[List of Speedway Grand Prix riders]] * [[Norway national speedway team]] * [[Poland national speedway team]]
== References == {{Reflist}}
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