Dave Holby, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetDave Holby
British rower
Date of Birth: 25-Dec-1980
Place of Birth: Plymouth, England, United Kingdom
Profession: rower
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About 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.
- The record appears in the 2013 Guinness Book of World Records.
- He has raised over £40,000 for a number of charities, chiefly Breakthrough Breast Cancer.
- In May 2011, he was awarded the Mayor's Medal for his contribution to the borough of Basingstoke and Deane.
- In November 2012 he became Patron of Support through Sport UK, a national charitable trust that aims to use sport to change people's lives. Holby's completion of endurance challenges to raise funds for a number of charities has so far seen him set nineteen world and three British indoor rowing records: April 2015 – Lightweight British record in the tandem 30–39 age category for fastest 100 km row (7 hours 26 mins), co-rowed with Paul Smith March 2015 – Lightweight world record in the small team male 30–39 age category for endurance rowing (31 hours), co-rowed with The Naomi House Rowing Challenge Team March 2015 – Lightweight world record in the small team male 30–39 age category for furthest 24-hour row (251.386 km), co-rowed with The Naomi House Rowing Challenge Team March 2015 – Lightweight world record in the small team male 30–39 age category for fastest 100 km row (8 hours 58 mins), co-rowed with The Naomi House Rowing Challenge Team March 2015 – Lightweight world record in the tandem 30–39 age category for endurance rowing (31 hours), co-rowed with Paul Smith March 2015 – Lightweight British record in the tandem 30–39 age category for furthest 24-hour row (257.661 km), co-rowed with Paul Smith March 2015 – Lightweight British record in the tandem 30–39 age category for fastest 100 km row (8 hours 39 mins), co-rowed with Paul Smith October 2014 – Heavyweight world record in the large team mixed 19 and under age category for endurance rowing (31 hours 55 mins), co-rowed with The Wells Tobias Rowing Challenge Team October 2014 – Heavyweight world record in the small team mixed 20–29 age category for endurance rowing (25 hours), co-rowed with The Wells Tobias Rowing Challenge Team October 2014 – Heavyweight world record in the small team male 20–29 age category for furthest 24-hour row (310.632 km), co-rowed with The Wells Tobias Rowing Challenge Team October 2014 – Heavyweight world record in the small team male 20–29 age category for fastest 100 km row (6 hours 42 mins), co-rowed with The Wells Tobias Rowing Challenge Team March 2014 – Lightweight world record in the tandem 20–29 age category for endurance rowing (32 hours), co-rowed with Mike Bridges March 2014 – Lightweight world record in the tandem 20–29 age category for furthest 24-hour row (320.332 km), co-rowed with Mike Bridges August 2012 – Heavyweight world record in 30–39 category for longest continual individual row (50 hours) December 2010 – World record for fastest solo row around the earth's equator (40,075 km) May 2010 – Heavyweight world record in the tandem 20–29 age category for endurance rowing (103 hours), co-rowed with Ollie Trinder May 2010 – Heavyweight 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) November 2009 – Lightweight world record in 20–29 category for longest continual individual row (30 hours) October 2009 – Lightweight world record in the 20–29 age category for fastest million metre individual row (227 hours 43 mins) July 2009 – Heavyweight world record in the tandem 20–29 age category for furthest 24-hour row (312.726 km), co-rowed with James Burrows May 2009 – Heavyweight world record in the tandem 20–29 age category for fastest 100 km row (7 hours 29 mins), co-rowed with Jonathan James Holby
Read more at Wikipedia