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Chris Holder
Personal information
Nationality	Australia
Date of birth	24 September 1987 (1987-09-24) (age 22)
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Website	www.redlohracing.co.uk
Current club information
British league	Poole Pirates
Polish league	KS Toruń
Swedish league	Lejonen
Career history
Isle of Wight Islanders WTS Wrocław (POL) KS Toruń (POL) Lejonen (SWE) Poole Pirates	2006-2007 2007 2008- 2007- 2008-
Individual honours
Australian Champion Australian Under-21 Champion Australian Longtrack Champion	2008, 2010 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 2005
Team honours
Polish Ekstraliga Champion Elite League Champion Swedish Elitserien Champion Premier League Pairs Winner Premier League Fours Champion Swedish Allsvenskan Champion	2008 2008 2008,2009 2007 2007 2007

Chris Holder (born 24 September 1987 in Australia)^[1] is a speedway rider currently riding for the Poole Pirates in the British Elite League. He became the Australian Individual Speedway Champion in 2008, and has finished as runner-up in the Junior World Championship in 2007 and 2008. His brother, James, also rides in the UK with the Isle of Wight Islanders in the Premier League.

Career

Holder started racing in the UK with the Isle of Wight Islanders in 2006. In 2007 he rode for Atlas Wrocław in the Polish Speedway Ekstraliga. Holder won the Swedish Allsvenskan in 2007 and the Elitserien in 2008 with Lejonen. In 2008, Holder signed for KS Toruń in Polish Ekstraliga and won the league championship.

In October 2007, the Poole Pirates announced that Holder would ride for them in 2008 in the Elite League.^[2] Holder won the Elite League Championship, and became a league winner with all three of his domestic teams in 2008.

Holder finished second in the 2007 Junior World Championship and was also selected to ride in the Australian team for the 2007 Speedway World Cup, finishing in 3rd place. Holder again represented Australian in the 2008 Speedway World Cup.

Holder won the Australian Championship in 2008, winning all five rounds with a record maximum 100 points.^[3] He has won the Australian Under 21 Championship for four consecutive years (2005–2008), equalling a record set by Leigh Adams.^[4] In October 2008, Holder finished runner-up in the Junior World Championship for the second year in succession to Emil Saifutdinov.

World final appearances

Speedway World Cup

• 2007 -  POL Leszno - 3rd - 3 pts
• 2008 -  DEN Vojens - 4th - 4 pts

Individual U-21 World Championship

• 2006 -  ITA Terenzano - 12th - 5pts
• 2007 -  POL Ostrów - 2nd - 14pts
• 2008 -  CZE Pardubice 2nd - 13pts

U-21 Speedway World Cup

• 2008 -  DEN Holsted - 4th place (16 pts)

External links

• Chris Holder Official Website (Redloh Racing)
• Poole Pirates Official Website

References

Poole Pirates Squad 2008 (British Elite League) Bjarne Pedersen (c) • Davey Watt • Chris Holder • Magnus Zetterstrom • Adam Skórnicki • Freddie Eriksson • Daniel Davidsson Also Rode: Jordan Frampton • Karol Zabik • Krzysztof Kasprzak • Zbigniew Suchecki Manager: Neil Middleditch

Isle of Wight Islanders Squad 2007 (British Premier League) Chris Holder • Cory Gathercole • Jason Bunyan (c) • Krzysztof Stojanowski • Glen Phillips • Chris Johnson • Andrew Bargh Manager: Dave Croucher