Ryan Fisher

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Ryan Fisher
2007 Ryan Fisher Belle Vue motorcycle speedway.jpg
Fisher riding for Belle Vue in 2007
Born (1983-09-07) 7 September 1983 (age 40)
Riverside, California, USA
NicknameFlyin' Ryan
The Fish
NationalityAmerican
Career history
Great Britain
2002–2003, 2011 Coventry Bees
2004 Oxford Cheetahs
2007 Belle Vue Aces
2008–2010, 2016 Edinburgh Monarchs
2009 Swindon Robins
2012, 2015 Plymouth Devils
2013–2014 Peterborough Panthers
Sweden
2003 Rospiggarna
Denmark
2012 Fjelsted
2013 Outrup
Individual honours
1996, 1997, 1998US Junior National Champion
1996, 1997California State Junior Champion
Team honours
2003German Pairs Champion
2008, 2010 Premier League Champions
2008 Premier Trophy Winners

Ryan Scott Fisher (born 7 September 1983 in Riverside, California) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from the United States. [1] [2] [3]

Career

Fisher won the US Junior Championship three times before riding in the United Kingdom for Coventry Bees during the 2002 Elite League speedway season. After spending a second season with Coventry he joined the Oxford Cheetahs in 2004. [2] In between in 2003, he reached the final of the 2003 Speedway Under-21 World Championship. [4]

He did not ride in Britain again until 2007 when he joined the Belle Vue Aces. In 2008, he rode for the Edinburgh Monarchs in the Premier League and the following season doubled up riding for the Edinburgh and Swindon Robins in the Elite League. [2] [5]

In 2011, Fisher moved full-time back into the Elite League, with the Coventry Bees. [6] In 2012, he rode in the Premier League for Plymouth Devils, and has signed to ride for Peterborough Panthers in the Elite League in 2013 [7] and 2014.

Ryan retired from the sport after a final season riding the Edinburgh Monarchs in 2016. [8]

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References

  1. Sober, Mike (December 2001). "The King of U.S. Speedway". American Motorcyclist. p. 56. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 "Rider index". British Speedway. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  3. "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  4. "2003". Speedway.org. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  5. "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  6. "Official Buildbase Coventry Speedway Website: Page unavailable".
  7. "Fisher Lands Panthers Role", speedway365.com, 24 December 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2012
  8. "Edinburgh Monarchs ace Ryan Fisher set to retire from British Speedway". Daily Record. Retrieved 11 February 2023.