# Rune Holta > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rune_Holta > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rune_Holta.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rune_Holta > Source revision: 1348987939 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Norwegian speedway rider Rune Holta Born (1973-08-29) 29 August 1973 (age 52) Stavanger, Norway Nationality Norwegian & Polish Career history Norway 1991–2001 NMK Sandnes & Jæren Poland 1994 Grudziądz 1996, 2012 Zielona Góra 1997–1998, 2007 Tarnów 1999–2000, 2002–2005, 2010, 2013–2014, 2017, 2020 Częstochowa 2006 Rzeszów 2008–2009 Gorzów 2011, 2018–2019 Toruń 2015 Ostrów 2016, 2021 Rybnik 2022 Poznań 2023 Łódź Denmark 1997–2004, 2013 Outrup 2008 Grindsted Sweden 1995–2002 Valsarna 2003–2008, 2015, 2021 Vetlanda 2009, 2012–2013 Indianerna 2010–2011, 2016 Dackarna 2014 Västervik Germany 2016–2019 Brokstedt Speedway Grand Prix statistics SGP Number 7 Starts 74[1] Podiums 5 (2–1–2) Finalist 8 times Winner 2 times Individual honours 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000 Norwegian Champion 2003, 2007 Polish Champion 1999, 2000 Nordic Champion 2009, 2011 Golden Helmet of Pardubice 2008 Swedish Grand Prix 2010 Scandinavian Grand Prix Team honours 2005, 2007, 2010 World Cup Winner 2003 Polish Team Champion 2007 Polish Pairs Champion 1998, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2015 Swedish Elitserien Champion 1999, 2001 Danish League Champion 1999 Polish Div Two Champion **Rune Holta** (born 29 August 1973 in [Stavanger](/source/Stavanger_(city)), Norway) is a [speedway](/source/Motorcycle_speedway) rider.[2] He grew up in [Randaberg Municipality](/source/Randaberg_Municipality), Norway,[3] but has been a Polish citizen since 2002. ## Career In 1994, Holta finished runner-up to [Mikael Karlsson](/source/Mikael_Karlsson_(speedway_rider)) in the final of the [1994 Speedway Under-21 World Championship](/source/1994_Speedway_Under-21_World_Championship) following a run-off for the title.[4] This was the same year that Holta won the first of his four [Norwegian Individual Speedway Championships](/source/Norwegian_Individual_Speedway_Championship).[5] In 2002, he took Polish citizenship, allowing him to represent [Poland](/source/Poland_speedway_team) in international competitions and was a member of their [Speedway World Cup](/source/Speedway_World_Cup) winning teams in 2005, 2007 and 2010. He has also won the [Polish Championship](/source/Individual_Speedway_Polish_Championship) in 2003 and 2007. In 2020, he rode for [Dackarna](/source/Dackarna) Malilla in the Swedish Elit League and for [Włókniarz Częstochowa](/source/W%C5%82%C3%B3kniarz_Cz%C4%99stochowa) in the [Polish Ekstraliga](/source/Ekstraliga_(speedway)). In 2022, he helped [PSŻ Poznań](/source/PS%C5%BB_Pozna%C5%84) win the [2022 2.Liga](/source/2022_Polish_Speedway_season).[6] ## Awards For his sport achievements, he received: Golden [Cross of Merit](/source/Cross_of_Merit_(Poland)) in 2007. ## Plane crash Place of 2007 plane crash. In 2007 Holta survived a plane crash with fellow rider [Tomasz Gollob](/source/Tomasz_Gollob). The plane, flown by Władysław Gollob, crashed on the way to a meeting at [Tarnów](/source/Tarn%C3%B3w). Holta escaped with cuts and bruises.[7] 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."*[8] ## Major results ### 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 2007 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings (Riding No 14) Race no. Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw No 1 /11 Italian SGP 15 2 (X,0,X,2,0) 4 2 /11 European SGP 11 6 (1,F,2,3,X) 6 3 /11 Swedish SGP 6 9 (3,1,1,1,3) +0 1 4 /11 Danish SGP 12 5 (0,2,3,F,0) 4 5 /11 British SGP 11 5 (3,1,E,1,0) 7 6 /11 Czech Rep. SGP 3 16 (1,2,3,2,3) +3 +1 11 7 /11 Scandinavian SGP 11 5 (0,0,1,1,3) 10 8 /11 Latvian SGP 10 7 (1,1,2,3,0) 16 9 /11 Polish SGP 6 10 (0,3,2,2,3) +0 11 10 /11 Slovenian SGP 3 17 (2,3,3,3,2) +2 +1 13 11 /11 German SGP 6 10 (1,2,3,1,2) +1 15 1 2008 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings (Riding No 7) Race no. Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw No 1 /11 Slovenian SGP 13 5 (3,1,0,1,0) 1 2 /11 European SGP 3 /11 Swedish SGP 4 /11 Danish SGP 5 /11 British SGP 6 /11 Czech Rep. SGP 7 /11 Scandinavian SGP 8 /11 Latvian SGP 9 /11 Polish SGP 10 /11 Italian SGP 11 /11 German SGP permanent speedway rider wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve rider not classified (track reserve who did not start) ## See also Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Rune Holta](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Rune_Holta). - [List of Speedway Grand Prix riders](/source/List_of_Speedway_Grand_Prix_riders) - [Norway national speedway team](/source/Norway_national_speedway_team) - [Poland national speedway team](/source/Poland_national_speedway_team) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** *Świat Żużla*, No 2 (78) 2009, page 14, [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1429-3285](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1429-3285) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Montague, Trevor (2004). *The A-Z of Sport*. Little, Brown. p. 521. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-316-72645-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-316-72645-1). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Oakes, P.(2006). *Speedway Star Almanac*. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-9552376-1-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9552376-1-0) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Wolves' Karlsson trumphant as King of the Under-21s"](https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19940815/020/0020). *Birmingham Daily Post*. 15 August 1994. Retrieved 10 March 2024 – via [British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Speedway History Info - Historia Zuzla"](http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/indmnorwegii.php). Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 4 February 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["2022 Liga 2 results"](https://www.flashscore.in/moto-racing/speedway/2-liga/). *Flash Score*. Retrieved 5 January 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Evening_Star_7-0)** ["Holta survives plane crash drama"](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). Evening Star. 1 June 2007. Retrieved 24 October 2007. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Holta in airplane crash"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090124035642/http://www.holta-racing.com/module.php?lang=eng). www.holta-racing.com. 1 June 2007. Archived from [the original](http://www.holta-racing.com/module.php?lang=eng&page=news&menu=news&year=2007&cat=hr&newspage=3) on 24 January 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2007. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Rune Holta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rune_Holta) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rune_Holta?action=history)). 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