Ryan Douglas

Ryan Douglas (born 9 September 1993)[1] is an Australian speedway rider.

Ryan Douglas
Born (1993-09-09) 9 September 1993
Brisbane, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Current club information
British leagueWolverhampton Wolves
Leicester Lions
Career history
2013–2017Scunthorpe Scorpions
2019–Leicester Lions
2019–Wolverhampton Wolves
Individual honours
2019Queensland Solo Champion
Team honours
2019SGB Championship
2019Championship Shield

Career

Born in Brisbane, Douglas made his British league debut with Scunthorpe Scorpions in the Premier League, going on to spend five seasons with the club, becoming the team's number one rider in 2016.[1][2][3] He finished as runner-up to Max Fricke in the Australian Under-21 Solo Championship in 2014.[4] After failing to gain a 7-point average in 2017 he had to miss the 2018 British season as he was unable to get a visa to ride in the UK.[2]

In June 2018, Douglas represented Queensland in a State of Origin meeting against New South Wales.[5] He gained UK visa qualification again in October 2018 after finishing as runner-up in the Victorian Solo Championship at Mildura,[6] and in November 2018 was signed by Leicester Lions for their 2019 SGB Championship team,[7] also signing during the 2019 season for SGB Premiership team Wolverhampton Wolves.

In November 2019 he won the Queensland Solo Championship.[8]

References
  1. "2017 Rider Index", speedwaygb.co. Retrieved 14 December 2018
  2. Crute, Paul (2017) "End of an era as Ryan Douglas says goodbye to Scunthorpe Scorpions", Scunthorpe Telegraph, 6 October 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2018
  3. "Scunthorpe Speedway: Australian Ryan Douglas first name on team sheet", worldspeedway.com, 4 November 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2018
  4. "Max Fricke wins a thrilling Australian Under 21 Championship", Gillman Speedway, 26 January 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2018
  5. "State of Origin Speedway: Queensland v New South Wales", Motorcycling Queensland, 14 June 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018
  6. "Lidsey Takes First Victorian Title", Motorcycling Victoria, 29 October 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018
  7. "Douglas Joins Leicester", Speedway Star, 28 November 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018
  8. Kozanecki, Mateusz (2019) "Żużel. Rozegrano mistrzostwa stanu Queensland. Zwycięstwo Ryana Douglasa", sportowefakty.wp.pl, 23 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019
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