22 Facts About Chris Holder

Chris Holder started racing in the United Kingdom with the Isle of Wight Islanders in 2006.

Chris Holder won the Swedish Allsvenskan in 2007 and the Elitserien in 2008 and 2009 with Lejonen.

In 2008, Chris Holder signed for KS Torun in Polish Ekstraliga and won the league championship.

In October 2007, the Poole Pirates announced that Chris Holder would ride for them in 2008 in the Elite League.

Chris Holder won the Elite League Championship, and became a league winner with all three of his domestic teams in 2008.

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

Chris Holder again represented Australian in the 2008 Speedway World Cup.

Chris Holder won the Australian Championship in 2008, winning all five rounds with a record maximum 100 points.

Chris Holder has won the Australian Under 21 Championship for four consecutive years, equalling a record set by Leigh Adams.

In October 2008, Chris Holder finished runner-up in the Junior World Championship for the second year in succession to Emil Saifutdinov.

In 2010 and 2012, Chris Holder won the British Speedway Grand Prix at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.

Chris Holder won the Elite League Riders' Championship, held at Abbey Stadium on 20 October 2012.

On 7 October 2012 Chris Holder became Speedway World Champion, joining Lionel Van Praag, Bluey Wilkinson, Jack Young, Jason Crump, and Jason Doyle as Australians who have won speedways ultimate individual prize.

Chris Holder won his 5th Australian Individual Speedway Championship title held over three rounds in January 2014, on his comeback from his 2013 injuries.

Chris Holder captained the Australian team that finished third in the 2014 Speedway World Cup Final in Poland.

However it later emerged that Chris Holder had not broken his wrist but had dislocated it and bent a plate previously inserted requiring him to have further surgery to replace the plate and relocate his wrist.

On 22 October 2016, Chris Holder won the Australian SGP to secure 4th place in the 2016 Speedway Grand Prix standings.

Chris Holder won the final at the Etihad Stadium from outgoing World Champion Tai Woffinden, Polish rider Bartosz Zmarzlik and Sweden's Antonio Lindback.

Chris Holder experienced league success after joining Sheffield Tigers for the latter part of the SGB Premiership 2023 season.

Chris Holder re-signed for Sheffield in 2024 and won the Knockout Cup with them.

Chris Holder helped Slangerup win the Danish Speedway League during the 2024 Danish speedway season.

Chris Holder's brother, James Holder, rode in the UK with the Plymouth Devils in the Premier League and younger brother Jack Holder is an World team champion.