{{Short description|Speedway rider}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox Speedway rider | name = Alan Rivett | image = | caption = | nationality = New Zealander /Australian | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1956|3|21}} | birth_place = Whangārei, New Zealand | death_date = | death_place =
| 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 | indivyear1 = | indivhonour1 = | indivyear2 = | indivhonour2 = | teamyear1 = 1988 | teamhonour1 = Speedway World Pairs Championship finalist }} '''Alan Rivett''' (born 21 March 1956) is a former international speedway rider from Australia.<ref name=wwosbackup>{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/2339/alan-rivett|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=11 July 2021}}</ref> He earned 9 caps for the Australia national speedway team and one cap for the New Zealand national speedway team.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
== Speedway career == Rivett reached the final of the Speedway World Pairs Championship in the 1988 Speedway World Pairs Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/world-pairs-championship.html|title=World Pairs Championship 1968-1993|website=Edinburgh Speedway|access-date=11 July 2021}}</ref> Despite riding for Australia he was called up to replace injured New Zealand rider David Bargh in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.speedwayplus.com/WorldPairs1988.shtml|title=The World Pairs Final 1988|website=Speedway Plus|access-date=11 July 2021}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> In 1986, he joined the Exeter Falcons.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/historyarchive|title=History Archive|website=British Speedway|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref>
At the 1986 Australian Individual Speedway Championship, he won the bronze medal.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/indmaustralii.php|title=Individual Australian Championship|website=Historia Sportu Zuzlowego|access-date=21 January 2023}}</ref>
==World Final appearances== ===World Pairs Championship=== * 1988 - {{Flagicon|ENG}} Bradford, Odsal Stadium (with Mitch Shirra) - 4th - 32pts
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