1. Ryan Sullivan's family moved from Melbourne to Adelaide in the late 1970s, and as a child Ryan Sullivan played Australian Rules Football, but became interested in speedway when it became obvious that he was not of the ideal build to be a league footballer.
Ryan Sullivan's parents bought him a junior speedway bike and he had his first ride at the Olympic Park Speedway in Mildura 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 Motorcycle speedway development.
Ryan Sullivan finished in second place at the 1990 Australian Under-16 Championship in Perth behind Jason Crump.
Ryan Sullivan would go one better on 12 January 1991 winning his first individual Australian title at his home track in Adelaide.
Ryan 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.
Ryan Sullivan won his third and last junior pairs title on 13 January 1991 paired with Brett Woodifield.
Ryan Sullivan was unbeaten in the heats to finish on 12 points before going on to win the final from Paul Schevienen and Troy Norvill.
Ryan Sullivan's won round 4 of the 1996 Australian Speedway Masters Series 500 at the 510 metres Wayville Showground.
Ryan Sullivan scored his first podium finish in the Australian Championship in 1997 at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground when he finished equal second on points with Jason Crump, but lost a run-off to Crump and was credited with third place.
Ryan Sullivan again finished in third place in 2002 at the Wayville Showground.
In 2004, Ryan Sullivan became the first South Australian rider to win the Australian Championship since John Boulger in 1973.
Ryan Sullivan was undefeated over the three rounds held at the Gold Coast, Gosford and Olympic Park speedways.
Ryan Sullivan defeated defending champion Leigh Adams who finished 2nd in all three rounds.
Ryan Sullivan spent most of his British career with the Peterborough Panthers, starting in 1994.
Ryan Sullivan won the Elite League Riders' Championship, held at the Brandon Stadium on 21 October 2000.
Ryan Sullivan has ridden for the Poole Pirates but returned to the Panthers on a full transfer in 2006.
Ryan Sullivan went on to ride in Sweden, Poland and Russia.
Ryan Sullivan returned to Peterborough in 2012 to replace the injured Kenneth Bjerre, but suffered a hand injury which ended his season and led to announcing his retirement from the sport in March 2013.
Ryan Sullivan finished third in 1995 at the Kaanaa Speedway Stadium in Tampere, Finland, finishing in a 4-way tie on 12 points before winning the runoff for third place.
Ryan Sullivan became the first Australian winner of the Overseas Final which had been in place since 1981.
In both 1997 and 2003, Ryan Sullivan won the prestigious Golden Helmet of Pardubice at the Svitkov Stadion in the Czech Republic, his 1997 title being the first for any Australian rider.
In 1999, Ryan Sullivan was part of the Australian team that took out the Speedway World Team Cup, Australia's first WTC win since 1976.
Ryan Sullivan was a member of the team when Australia won the Speedway World Cup in 2001 and 2002.
Ryan Sullivan finished second in the SWC in 2003, third in 2007 and fourth in both 2006 and 2008.
Ryan Sullivan was a Speedway Grand Prix rider from 1998 until 2006 and won four Grand Prix meetings.