Nathan Rex Rice (born 7 June 1979) is a male former Australian international lawn bowler.
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| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 June 1979 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Club Helensvale | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bowls career edit
World Championship edit
Rice won two medals at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch, New Zealand; a pairs bronze medal with Aron Sherriff and silver medal in the fours.[1]
Commonwealth Games edit
He competed in the 2006 Melbourne where he won a men's pairs bronze medal with Barrie Lester in Melbourne.[2] Eight years later he won another bronze in the men's fours at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[3]
He was part of the Australian team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland where he took a silver medal in the Triples[4] and another silver in the Fours.[5][6]
Asia Pacific edit
Rice has won eight medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships. The seventh and eighth medals came in the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland.[7][8]
He announced his international retirement in 2019.[9]
References edit
- ^ "2008 Results". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ^ "10 year anniversary of the Melbourne Commonwealth Games". Bowls Australia.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 profile". Glasgow 2014 official site.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: Scotland beat Australia to win gold in bowls men's triple final". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Fours results". CG2018.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: Scotland's Alex Marshall wins record fifth gold as women take bronze in bowls". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Results Portal". Bowls Australia.
- ^ "Gary Lawson, Shannon McIlroy add to Blackjacks' gold medal haul". Stuff.
- ^ "NATHAN RICE ANNOUNCES INTERNATIONAL RETIREMENT". Bowls Australia.