Ryan Douglas (born 9 September 1993)2017 Rider Index
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rider.

Career

Born in

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, Douglas made his British league debut with

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in the

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, going on to spend five seasons with the club, becoming the team's number one rider in 2016.Crute, Paul (2017)
End of an era as Ryan Douglas says goodbye to Scunthorpe Scorpions
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'', 6 October 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2018 He finished as runner-up to

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in the Australian Under-21 Solo Championship in 2014. 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. In June 2018, Douglas represented

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in a State of Origin meeting against

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. He gained UK visa qualification again in October 2018 after finishing as runner-up in the Victorian Solo Championship at

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, and in November 2018 was signed by

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for their 2019

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team, also signing during the 2019 season for SGB Premiership team

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. In November 2019 he won the Queensland Solo Championship. In 2022, he rode for the

in the

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and for the

in the

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. In 2023, he signed for the fifth consecutive season for Wolves for the

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and also re-signed for Scunthorpe for the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Douglas, Ryan 1993 births Living people Australian speedway riders Leicester Lions riders Scunthorpe Scorpions riders Wolverhampton Wolves riders