Nathan Rice

Nathan Rice

Personal information
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1979-06-07) 7 June 1979 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Sport
Sport	Lawn bowls
Club	Club Helensvale
Medal record Representing Australia Men's lawn bowls World Outdoor Championships Bronze medal – third place 2008 Christchurch pairs Silver medal – second place 2008 Christchurch fours Silver medal – second place 2008 Christchurch team Commonwealth Games Bronze medal – third place 2006 Melbourne pairs Bronze medal – third place 2014 Glasgow fours Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast triples Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast fours Asia Pacific Bowls Championships Bronze medal – third place 2007 Christchurch singles Gold medal – first place 2007 Christchurch pairs Silver medal – second place 2011 Adelaide triples Gold medal – first place 2011 Adelaide fours Bronze medal – third place 2015 Christchurch pairs Silver medal – second place 2015 Christchurch fours Gold medal – first place 2019 Gold Coast fours Silver medal – second place 2019 Gold Coast pairs

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

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.

Commonwealth Games

He competed in the 2006 Melbourne where he won a men's pairs bronze medal with Barrie Lester in Melbourne. Eight years later he won another bronze in the men's fours at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

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 and another silver in the Fours.

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.

He announced his international retirement in 2019.