Dave Holby

Dave Holby (born 25 December 1980) is a British indoor rowing endurance world record holder. On 18 December 2010 he became the first person to row the virtual distance around the earth's equator (40,075 km) on a Concept2 land rowing machine, setting a new Guinness world record of 934 days. He has so far raised over £20,000 for Breakthrough Breast Cancer. In May 2010, he was awarded the Judge's Special Award at the Basingstoke Place To Be Proud Of Awards as a result of his sporting achievements and charitable work. In May 2011, he was awarded the Mayor's Medal for his contribution to the borough of Basingstoke and Deane.

Holby currently holds one British and six world indoor rowing records:

• December 2010 - World record for fastest solo row around the earth's equator (40,075 km)
• May 2010 - World record for tandem endurance rowing (103 hours), co-rowed with Ollie Trinder
• May 2010 - World record in the tandem 20-29 age category for fastest million metre row (102 hours 32 mins), co-rowed with Ollie Trinder
• April 2010 - World record for most metres rowed in a single season (17,111,960 metres)
• October 2009 - World record in the individual 20-29 age category for fastest million metre row (227 hours 43 mins)
• July 2009 - Heavyweight world record in the tandem 20-29 age category for furthest 24 hour row, co-rowed with James Burrows (312.726 km)
• May 2009 - Heavyweight British record in the tandem 20-29 age category for fastest 100 km row, co-rowed with Jonathan James Holby (7hrs 29mins)

References

• http://www.worldrecordrow.com/
• http://www.justgiving.com/WorldRecordRow
• http://breakthrough.org.uk/be_inspired/dave_holby.html
• http://www.concept2.com/us/racing/records/ultra_records.asp
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/berkshire/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8701000/8701569.stm
• http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/8746808.Dave_completes_record_breaking_row/

External links

• World Record Row - the official challenge website
• World Record Row Blog - the official challenge blog

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