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{{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]], 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]], 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]], 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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[[Category:1973 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Randaberg]]
[[Category:Norwegian speedway riders]]
[[Category:Polish speedway riders]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Stavanger]]
[[Category:Speedway World Cup champions]]
[[Category:Polish speedway champions]]
[[Category:Naturalized citizens of Poland]]
[[Category:Norwegian emigrants to Poland]]