Ryan Fisher | |
Nationality: | American |
Birth Date: | 7 September 1983 |
Birth Place: | Riverside, California, USA |
Nickname: | Flyin' Ryan The Fish |
Career1: | Great Britain |
Years2: | 2002–2003, 2011 |
Career2: | Coventry Bees |
Years3: | 2004 |
Career3: | Oxford Cheetahs |
Years4: | 2007 |
Career4: | Belle Vue Aces |
Years5: | 2008–2010, 2016 |
Career5: | Edinburgh Monarchs |
Years6: | 2009 |
Career6: | Swindon Robins |
Years7: | 2012, 2015 |
Career7: | Plymouth Devils |
Years8: | 2013–2014 |
Career8: | Peterborough Panthers |
Career9: | Sweden |
Years10: | 2003 |
Career10: | Rospiggarna |
Career14: | Denmark |
Years15: | 2012 |
Career15: | Fjelsted |
Years16: | 2013 |
Career16: | Outrup |
Indivyear1: | 1996, 1997, 1998 |
Indivhonour1: | US Junior National Champion |
Indivyear2: | 1996, 1997 |
Indivhonour2: | California State Junior Champion |
Teamyear1: | 2003 |
Teamhonour1: | German Pairs Champion |
Teamyear2: | 2008, 2010 |
Teamhonour2: | Premier League Champions |
Teamyear3: | 2008 |
Teamhonour3: | Premier Trophy Winners |
Ryan Scott Fisher (born 7 September 1983 in Riverside, California) is an American former international motorcycle speedway rider.[1] [2] [3] He earned 8 caps for the United States national speedway team.[4]
Fisher won the US Junior Championship three times before riding in the United Kingdom for Coventry Bees during the 2002 Elite League speedway season.[5] After spending a second season with Coventry he joined the Oxford Cheetahs in 2004. In between in 2003, he reached the final of the 2003 Speedway Under-21 World Championship.[6]
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[7] and the following season doubled up riding for the Edinburgh and Swindon Robins in the Elite League.[8]
In 2011, Fisher moved full-time back into the Elite League, with the Coventry Bees.[9] 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[10] and 2014.
Ryan retired from the sport after a final season riding the Edinburgh Monarchs in 2016.[11]