Rune Holta

{{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, Norway

| career1 = Norway

| years2 = 1991–2001

| career2 = NMK Sandnes & Jæren

| career3 = Poland

| years4 = 1994

| career4 = Grudziądz

| years5 = 1996, 2012

| career5 = Zielona Góra

| years6 = 1997–1998, 2007

| career6 = Tarnów

| years7 = 1999–2000, 2002–2005, 2010, 2013–2014, 2017, 2020

| career7 = Częstochowa

| years8 = 2006

| career8 = Rzeszów

| years9 = 2008–2009

| career9 = Gorzów

| years10 = 2011, 2018–2019

| career10 = Toruń

| years11 = 2015

| career11 = Ostrów

| years12 = 2016, 2021

| career12 = Rybnik

| years13 = 2022

| career13 = Poznań

| years14 = 2023

| career14 = Łódź

| career15 = Denmark

| years16 = 1997–2004, 2013

| career16 = Outrup

| years17 = 2008

| career17 = Grindsted

| career26 = Sweden

| years27 = 1995–2002

| career27 = Valsarna

| years28 = 2003–2008, 2015, 2021

| career28 = Vetlanda

| years29 = 2009, 2012–2013

| career29 = Indianerna

| years30 = 2010–2011, 2016

| career30 = Dackarna

| years31 = 2014

| career31 = Västervik

| career32 = Germany

| years33 = 2016–2019

| career33 = Brokstedt

| SGP No =7

| SGP starts =74Świat Żużla, No 2 (78) 2009, page 14, {{ISSN|1429-3285}}

| SGP podium =5 (2–1–2)

| SGP finals =8

| SGP win =2

| indivyear1 = 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000

| indivhonour1 = Norwegian Champion

| indivyear2 = 2003, 2007

| indivhonour2 = Polish Champion

| indivyear3 = 1999, 2000

| indivhonour3 = Nordic Champion

| indivyear4 = 2009, 2011

| indivhonour4 = Golden Helmet of Pardubice

| indivyear5 = 2008

| indivhonour5 = Swedish Grand Prix

| indivyear6 = 2010

| indivhonour6 = Scandinavian Grand Prix

| teamyear1 = 2005, 2007, 2010

| teamhonour1 = World Cup Winner

| teamyear2 = 2003

| teamhonour2 = Polish Team Champion

| teamyear3 = 2007

| teamhonour3 = Polish Pairs Champion

| teamyear4 = 1998, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2015

| teamhonour4 = 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, Norway) is a speedway rider.{{cite book|last=Montague|first=Trevor|title=The A-Z of Sport|year=2004|page=521|publisher=Little, Brown|isbn=0-316-72645-1}} He grew up in Randaberg, Norway,Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. {{ISBN|0-9552376-1-0}} but has been a Polish citizen since 2002.

Career

In 1994, Holta finished runner-up to Mikael Karlsson in the final of the 1994 Speedway Under-21 World Championship following a run-off for the title.{{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 }} This was the same year that Holta won the first of his four Norwegian Individual Speedway Championships.{{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}}

In 2002, he took Polish citizenship, allowing him to represent 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 Polish Championship in 2003 and 2007.

In 2020, he rode for Dackarna Malilla in the Swedish Elit League and for Włókniarz Częstochowa in the Polish Ekstraliga. In 2022, he helped PSŻ Poznań win the 2022 2.Liga.{{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}}

Awards

For his sport achievements, he received:

Image:POL Złoty Krzyż Zasługi BAR.svg Golden Cross of Merit in 2007.

Plane crash

Image:Gollob awionetka2.jpg

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.{{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 }}

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."{{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}}

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

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

Year

! Position

! Points

! Best Finish

! Notes

2000

| 26th

| 8

| 9th

| 1 wild card ride

2001