Alan Rivett
{{Short description|Speedway rider}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| name = Alan Rivett
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| nationality = New Zealander /Australian
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1956|3|21}}
| birth_place = Whangārei, New Zealand
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| career1 = Peterborough Panthers
| years1 = 1984
| career2 = Exeter Falcons
| years2 = 1986-1989
| career3 = King's Lynn Stars
| years3 =1986
| career4 = Long Eaton Invaders
| years4 = 1989
| career5 = Berwick Bandits
| years5 = 1990
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| teamyear1 = 1988
| teamhonour1 = Speedway World Pairs Championship finalist
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Alan Rivett (born 21 March 1956) is a former international speedway rider from Australia.{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/2339/alan-rivett|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=11 July 2021}} He earned 9 caps for the Australia national speedway team and one cap for the New Zealand national speedway team.{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=27 August 2024}}
Speedway career
Rivett reached the final of the Speedway World Pairs Championship in the 1988 Speedway World Pairs Championship.{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/world-pairs-championship.html|title=World Pairs Championship 1968-1993|website=Edinburgh Speedway|access-date=11 July 2021}} Despite riding for Australia he was called up to replace injured New Zealand rider David Bargh in the final.{{cite web|url=http://www.speedwayplus.com/WorldPairs1988.shtml|title=The World Pairs Final 1988|website=Speedway Plus|access-date=11 July 2021}}
He started his British leagues career for Peterborough Panthers in 1984 but was then subject to an argument between Peterborough and Mildenhall Fen Tigers for his signature for the 1985 season.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003740/19850109/023/0023 |title=Rivett row calms down |website=Cambridge Daily News |date=9 January 1985 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=23 August 2024}} In 1986, he joined the Exeter Falcons.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003595/19860707/012/0012 |title=Aussie debut |website=Western Evening Herald |date=7 July 1986 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=23 August 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/historyarchive|title=History Archive|website=British Speedway|access-date=10 July 2021}}
At the 1986 Australian Individual Speedway Championship, he won the bronze medal.{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/indmaustralii.php|title=Individual Australian Championship|website=Historia Sportu Zuzlowego|access-date=21 January 2023}}
World Final appearances
=World Pairs Championship=
- 1988 - {{Flagicon|ENG}} Bradford, Odsal Stadium (with Mitch Shirra) - 4th - 32pts
References
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Category:Australian speedway riders
Category:New Zealand speedway riders
Category:Peterborough Panthers riders
Category:Exeter Falcons riders
Category:King's Lynn Stars riders
Category:Australian expatriate speedway riders in England
Category:Long Eaton Invaders riders
Category:Berwick Bandits riders
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