Ryan Scott Fisher (born 7 September 1983 in

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) is an American former international

motorcycle speedway Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that ...

rider. He earned 8 caps for the United States national speedway team.

Career

Fisher won the US Junior Championship three times before riding in the United Kingdom for

Coventry Bees Coventry Bees are a motorcycle speedway team that existed from 1929 to 2018. They raced at Brandon Stadium, Brandon, Warwickshire, Brandon near Coventry, England. They are eight times champions of Britain. History Origins and 1920s The firs ...

during the 2002 Elite League speedway season. After spending a second season with Coventry he joined the

Oxford Cheetahs The Oxford Cheetahs are a British Motorcycle speedway, speedway teamLawson,K (2018) “Riders, Teams and Stadiums”. based at Oxford Stadium, in Oxford, England. They were founded in 1939 and are five times champions of Britain, in 1964 Speed ...

in 2004. In between in 2003, he reached the final of the 2003 Speedway Under-21 World Championship. He did not ride in Britain again until 2007 when he joined the

Belle Vue Aces The Belle Vue Aces are a British speedway club, based in Manchester. The club hold the record of having won the top tier League championship 14 times. They currently compete in the SGB Premiership, racing at The National Speedway Stadium, wit ...

. In 2008, he rode for the

Edinburgh Monarchs The Edinburgh Monarchs are a Scottish speedway team based in Armadale. They compete in the SGB Championship, racing on Friday nights during the speedway season. The club is run by a board of directors, chaired by Alex Harkess and also runs a ...

in the

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and the following season doubled up riding for the Edinburgh and

Swindon Robins The Swindon Robins are a motorcycle speedway team from England, established in 1949 that have competed primarily in the top division of speedway league competition in the United Kingdom. They are five times league champions of the United Kingdo ...

in the Elite League. In 2011, Fisher moved full-time back into the Elite League, with the Coventry Bees. In 2012, he rode in the Premier League for Plymouth Devils, and has signed to ride for

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in the Elite League in 2013 and 2014. Ryan retired from the sport after a final season riding the Edinburgh Monarchs in 2016.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fisher, Ryan 1983 births Living people American speedway riders Belle Vue Aces riders Coventry Bees riders American expatriate speedway riders in England Edinburgh Monarchs riders Expatriate speedway riders in Scotland Oxford Cheetahs riders Peterborough Panthers riders Plymouth Devils riders Swindon Robins riders Sportspeople from Riverside, California American expatriate sportspeople in Scotland American expatriate sportspeople in Denmark