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