Nathan Rice

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Nathan Rice
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1979-06-07) 7 June 1979 (age 45)
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Sport
Sport Lawn bowls
ClubClub Helensvale
Medal record
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Men's lawn bowls
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Christchurch pairs
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Christchurch fours
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Melbourne pairs
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Glasgow fours
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast triples
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast fours
Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2007 Christchurchsingles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2007 Christchurchpairs
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2011 Adelaidetriples
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2011 Adelaidefours
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2015 Christchurchpairs
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2015 Christchurchfours
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 Gold Coastfours
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2019 Gold Coastpairs

Nathan Rex Rice (born 7 June 1979) is a male former Australian international lawn bowler.

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Bowls career

World Championship

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

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

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

  1. ↑ "2008 Results". Burnside Bowling Club.
  2. ↑ "10 year anniversary of the Melbourne Commonwealth Games". Bowls Australia.
  3. ↑ "Glasgow 2014 profile". Glasgow 2014 official site. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Commonwealth Games: Scotland beat Australia to win gold in bowls men's triple final". BBC Sport.
  5. ↑ "Fours results". CG2018.
  6. ↑ "Commonwealth Games: Scotland's Alex Marshall wins record fifth gold as women take bronze in bowls". BBC Sport.
  7. ↑ "Results Portal". Bowls Australia.
  8. ↑ "Gary Lawson, Shannon McIlroy add to Blackjacks' gold medal haul". Stuff.
  9. ↑ "NATHAN RICE ANNOUNCES INTERNATIONAL RETIREMENT". Bowls Australia.
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