Ryan Sullivan

Infobox Speedway rider
ridername= Ryan Sullivan


nationality = flagicon|Australia Australia
dateofbirth = January 20 1975
cityofbirth = Melbourne
countryofbirth = Australia
website = [http://www.sullifan.com/ www.sullifan.com]
britishleague =
polishleague = Unibax Torun
swedishleague = Piraterna Motala
russianleague = Mega-Lada Togilatti
years = 1995-1997, 1999-2003,
2006, 2008
1998, 2004-2005
career = Peterborough Panthers

Poole Pirates
indivhonour = Inter Continental Champion
Overseas Champion
Elite League Riders Champion
Australian Champion
Australian Under-21 Champion
Australian Under-16 Champion
indivyear = 1997
1995
2000
2004
1993, 1996
1991
teamhonour = World Team Cup Winner
Elite League Champion
Elite League KO Cup Winner
Elite League Fours Winner
Craven Shield Winner
Polish Extraleague
Swedish Elitserien
Swedish Allsvenskan
teamyear = 1999, 2001, 2002
1999, 2004
1999, 2001, 2004
1997
1999
2003
2001, 2002, 2003
1997

Ryan Geoffrey Sullivan (born 20 January 1975 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is an international Speedway rider. [Oakes, P.(2004). "British Speedway Who's Who". ISBN 0-948882-81-6] .

Career

Ryan has spent most of his British career with the Peterborough Panthers and although until recently he had not ridden in Britain since 2006, as of August 2008 he returned to ride for Peterborough until the end of the current season. He has also ridden for the Poole Pirates but returned to the Panthers on a full transfer in 2006.

He is also currently riding in Sweden (Piraterna Motala), Poland (Unibax Torun) and Russia (Togliatti).

peedway Grand Prix

Ryan was a Grand Prix rider from 1998 until 2005, having won four Grand Prix meetings. In the 2002 Speedway Grand Prix series he won the British and Slovenian meetings and in the 2003 Speedway Grand Prix series he won the Swedish and Scandinavian meetings.

In September 2008, having made it through the qualifying round after coming in as a last minute replacement, Ryan will ride in the GP Challenge in Zielona Gora, Poland, to try to qualify for the 2009 Grand Prix series.

Early Years

As a child, Ryan played Australian Rules Football but became interested in speedway when it became obvious that he was not of the ideal build to be a professional footballer. Aged 19, having gained a motor mechanic qualification in Australia, he came over to Britain to ride for Peterborough.

References

External links

* [http://www.sullifan.com/ www.sullifan.com]