Dave Holby

Donnerstag, 25. Dezember 1980

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.