Nathan Rice

Australian lawn bowler

Nathan Rice

Personal information

Nationality| Australian
Born|  (1979-06-07) 7 June 1979 (age 46)
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Sport
Sport| Lawn bowls
Club| Club Helensvale

Medal record

Representing  Australia
Men's lawn bowls
World Outdoor Championships
| 2008 Christchurch | pairs
| 2008 Christchurch | fours
Commonwealth Games
| 2006 Melbourne | pairs
| 2014 Glasgow | fours
| 2018 Gold Coast | triples
| 2018 Gold Coast | fours
Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
| 2007 Christchurch | singles
| 2007 Christchurch | pairs
| 2011 Adelaide | triples
| 2011 Adelaide | fours
| 2015 Christchurch | pairs
| 2015 Christchurch | fours
| 2019 Gold Coast | fours
| 2019 Gold Coast | pairs

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

## Bowls career

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### World Championship

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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

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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

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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

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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.