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Ryan Geoffrey Sullivan (born 20 January 1975, in Fitzroy,
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) is a former Australian international
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rider who has won the
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,
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, and Under-16 championships during his career. Sullivan achieved a career best third in the 2002 Speedway Grand Prix, winning two of the ten Grand Prix run during the year.


Career


Australia

Sullivan's family moved from
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to
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in the late 1970s, and as a child Sullivan played
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, but became interested in speedway when it became obvious that he was not of the ideal build to be a league footballer. His parents bought him a junior speedway bike and he had his first ride at the Olympic Park Speedway in
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in 1985, although his home track was the Sidewinders Speedway in the Adelaide suburb of Wingfield, a 112m long track run by the Sidewinders Junior Speedway Club solely aimed at junior
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development. Within a few seasons Sullivan was seen as one of the best junior riders in South Australia, winning the South Australian Under-16 Individual title in 1990 and 1991 while winning the Pairs Championships in 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1991. Sullivan finished in second place at the 1990 Australian Under-16 Championship in
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behind
Jason Crump Jason Philip Crump (born 6 August 1975) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Australia (UK born). He is a three-time Speedway World Champion, and a World Cup winner. In a 21-year career in Speedway, Crump finished with sev ...
. He would go one better on 12 January
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winning his first individual Australian title at his home track in Adelaide. Sullivan won three Australian Under-16 Pairs Championships, first in 1989 with Brett Tomkins, and backing that up in 1990 teaming with fellow Adelaide rider Troy Norvil. He won his third and last junior pairs title on 13 January 1991 paired with Brett Woodifield. Sullivan's first senior speedway championship came on 14 April 1991 when he won the track championship at the Westline Speedway in South Australia's
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. Sullivan was unbeaten in the heats to finish on 12 points before going on to win the final from Paul Schevienen and Troy Norvill. After having gained his motor mechanic qualifications at age 19, Sullivan was regarded one of the best young riders in Australia, going on to win three
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in succession in 1995, 1996 and 1997, and the Australian Under-21 Championship in 1993 and 1996 (the championship was not held in 1994 or 1995). Other than his 1993 Under-21 title which was won at the Olympic Park Speedway in
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, his 1996 U/21 title and his state title wins came at his home track, the North Arm Speedway. Sullivan's also won round 4 of the 1996 Australian Speedway Masters Series 500 at the Wayville Showground. Sullivan scored his first podium finish in the Australian Championship in 1997 at the
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when he finished equal second on points with Jason Crump, but lost a run-off to Crump and was credited with third place. He again finished in third place in 2002 at the Wayville Showground. In 2004, Sullivan became the first South Australian rider to win the Australian Championship since
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in 1973. Sullivan was undefeated over the three rounds held at the Gold Coast,
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and Olympic Park speedways. He defeated defending champion
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who finished 2nd in all three rounds. This would prove to be Sullivan's only Australian Championship win and the final time he stood on the podium of the event.


England

Sullivan spent most of his British career with the
Peterborough Panthers The Peterborough Panthers were a British motorcycle speedway team based in Peterborough, England from 1970 to 2023. They were three times List of United Kingdom speedway league champions, champions of the United Kingdom, winning the highest lev ...
, starting in 1994. He won the
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, held at the
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on 21 October 2000. Although he had not ridden in Britain since 2006, in August 2008 he returned to ride for Peterborough until the end of that season. He has also ridden for the
Poole Pirates Poole Pirates (also known as Poole Speedway) are a motorcycle speedway team based in Poole, England, competing in the SGB Championship. The club have been the champions of the United Kingdom on ten occasions. Poole Speedway is promoted by l ...
but returned to the Panthers on a full transfer in 2006. He went on to ride in Sweden (
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), Poland ( Unibax Torun) and Russia (Togliatti). He returned to Peterborough in 2012 to replace the injured
Kenneth Bjerre Kenneth Bjerre Jensen (born 24 May 1984 in Esbjerg, Denmark) is a Danish international motorcycle speedway rider. He earned 17 caps for the Denmark national speedway team. Career Bjerre began his Polish league career in 2001 for Ostrów. The ...
, but suffered a hand injury which ended his season and led to announcing his retirement from the sport in March 2013.


International

Sullivan qualified for the
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and
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Under-21 World Championships. He finished third in 1995 at the Kaanaa Speedway Stadium in
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, Finland, finishing in a 4-way tie on 12 points before winning the runoff for third place. In his final shot at winning the title before turning 22, he improved to second in 1996 behind Poland's
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, at the Speedwaybahn in
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, Germany. Sullivan's first major international career win came when he defeated
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in a runoff to win the 1995 Overseas Final in
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, England. Sullivan became the first Australian winner of the Overseas Final which had been in place since
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. In
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, Sullivan became the first Australian to win the Intercontinental Final when he led home an Aussie 1-2-3 (with Jason Crump and
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) in
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, Sweden. In both 1997 and 2003, Sullivan won the prestigious
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at the Svítkov Stadion in the Czech Republic, his 1997 title being the first for any Australian rider. In
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, Sullivan was part of the Australian team that took out the
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, Australia's first WTC win since
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. He was also a member of the team when Australia won the
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in
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and
2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...
. He finished second in the SWC in
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, third in
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and fourth in both
2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...
and
2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
. Sullivan's last major win came in 2009 at the Alfred Smoczyk Memorial in
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, Poland.


Speedway Grand Prix

Sullivan was a
Speedway Grand Prix Speedway Grand Prix are a series of stand-alone motorcycle speedway events over the course of a season used to determine the Speedway World Champion. The series started in 1995 replacing the previous format of a single event final. The first ...
rider from 1998 until 2006 and won four Grand Prix meetings. In the 2002 Speedway Grand Prix series he won the
British Grand Prix The British Grand Prix is a Grand Prix motor racing event organised in the United Kingdom by Motorsport UK. First held by the Royal Automobile Club (RAC) in 1926 British Grand Prix, 1926, the British Grand Prix has been held annually since 1948 ...
in
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and the Slovenian Grand Prix in
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. In the
2003 Speedway Grand Prix The 2003 Speedway Grand Prix was the 58th edition of the official World Championship and the ninth season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Champion. The world title was won by Nicki Pedersen of Denmark. Even ...
series he won the
Swedish Grand Prix The Swedish Grand Prix () was a round of the Formula One World Championship from 1973 to 1978. It took place at the Scandinavian Raceway in Anderstorp ( Gislaved Municipality), about from Jönköping, in Småland, Sweden. The first race to hold ...
in
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and the Scandinavian Grand Prix in
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, Sweden. In September 2008, he made it through to the Grand Prix Challenge – the final of the 2009 Grand Prix qualification rounds. Despite winning his first three heats, he only scored one point in his following two rides and failed to qualify for the
2009 Speedway Grand Prix The 2009 Speedway Grand Prix was the 64th edition of the official World Championship and the 15th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, deciding Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme Speedway World Championship. It is the third series unde ...
.


World Final Appearances


World Team Cup

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, Svítkov Stadion (with
Jason Crump Jason Philip Crump (born 6 August 1975) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Australia (UK born). He is a three-time Speedway World Champion, and a World Cup winner. In a 21-year career in Speedway, Crump finished with sev ...
/
Jason Lyons Jason Rodney Lyons (born 15 June 1970 in Mildura, Victoria) is a former Australian international motorcycle speedway rider. Jason is the son of former rider Rod Lyons. Career history Lyons started his United Kingdom career in 1990, with the ...
/
Leigh Adams Leigh Scott Adams (born 28 April 1971 in Mildura, Victoria)Oakes, P.(2004). ''British Speedway Who's Who''. is an Australian former motorcycle speedway rider. He is a multiple Speedway Grand Prix winner and World Team Champion. He also wo ...
/
Todd Wiltshire Todd Wiltshire (born 26 September 1968 in Bankstown, New South Wales) is an Australian former motorcycle speedway rider, who competed at the highest level of the sport, finishing a career best third in the 1990 Individual Speedway World Champi ...
) - Winner - 40pts (12) *
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,
Brandon Stadium Brandon Stadium, also known as Coventry Stadium, is located 6 miles east of Coventry in Brandon, Warwickshire, England. It was the home of the Coventry Bees motorcycle speedway team. It also hosted BriSCA F1 Stock Car Racing on the 1st Saturd ...
(with Jason Crump /
Todd Wiltshire Todd Wiltshire (born 26 September 1968 in Bankstown, New South Wales) is an Australian former motorcycle speedway rider, who competed at the highest level of the sport, finishing a career best third in the 1990 Individual Speedway World Champi ...
/ Leigh Adams /
Craig Boyce Craig Vincent Boyce (born 2 August 1967 in Sydney, Australia) is a former motorcycle speedway rider who primarily rode for the Poole Pirates in the British Elite League (speedway), Elite League. After retiring from riding, Boyce became manager ...
) - 4th - 29pts (2)


World Cup

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,
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(with Jason Crump / Todd Wiltshire / Craig Boyce / Leigh Adams) - Winner - 68pts (13) *
2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...
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,
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(with Todd Wiltshire / Jason Lyons / Leigh Adams / Jason Crump) - Winner - 64pts (17) *
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, Smallmead Stadium (with Travis McGowan / Todd Wiltshire / Leigh Adams / Jason Crump) - 4th - 35pts (4) *
2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
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,
Alfred Smoczyk Stadium Alfred Smoczyk Stadium () is a stadium in Leszno, Poland. It is currently used for speedway matches and is the home stadium of Unia Leszno. The stadium has a capacity of 16,700 people. The stadium is located on ''ulica Strzelecka 7''. Histor ...
(with Jason Crump /
Chris Holder Christopher Robert Holder (born 24 September 1987 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian speedway rider, who was the 2012 World Speedway Champion. He is also five times Australian champion (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2014. Career Hold ...
/ Leigh Adams /
Davey Watt David John Watt (born 6 January 1978 in Townsville, Queensland) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Australia. He won the Queensland state championship in 2005 and was a member of the Australian team that finished second to ...
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Rory Schlein Rory Robert Schlein (born 1 September 1984) is an Australian speedway rider. Career Born in Darwin, Northern Territory, Schlein, lived in the southern Adelaide suburb of Hallett Cove and won the Australian Under-16 Championship at the North ...
) - 3rd - 29pts (7) *
2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
- Vojens, Speedway Center (with Leigh Adams / Chris Holder / Jason Crump / Davey Watt) - 4th - 21pts (5)


Individual Under-21 World Championship

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, Kaanaa Speedway Stadium - 3rd - 12+3pts *
1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
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, Olching Speedwaybahn - 2nd - 11+3pts


Speedway Grand Prix results


References

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