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'''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.burnsidebowlingclub.com/worldbowls2008/291.html|title=2008 Results|publisher=Burnside Bowling Club}}</ref>
===Commonwealth Games=== He competed in the 2006 Melbourne where he won a men's pairs bronze medal with Barrie Lester in Melbourne.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bowlsaustralia.com.au/News/10-year-anniversary-of-the-Melbourne-Commonwealth-Games|title=10 year anniversary of the Melbourne Commonwealth Games|publisher=Bowls Australia}}</ref> Eight years later he won another bronze in the men's fours at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/squash/1030458/nathan_rice.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026000814/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/squash/1030458/nathan_rice.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=26 October 2016|title=Glasgow 2014 profile|publisher=Glasgow 2014 official site}}</ref>
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<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43687716|title=Commonwealth Games: Scotland beat Australia to win gold in bowls men's triple final|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> and another silver in the Fours.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/lawn-bowls/event-schedule-men-s-fours.htm|title=Fours results|publisher=CG2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43748412|title=Commonwealth Games: Scotland's Alex Marshall wins record fifth gold as women take bronze in bowls|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>
===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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportsdesq.sportstg.com/portal/index.cfm?fuseaction=main&OrgID=16084|title=Results Portal|publisher=Bowls Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/113711288/gary-lawson-shannon-mcilroy-add-to-blackjacks-gold-medal-haul|title=Gary Lawson, Shannon McIlroy add to Blackjacks' gold medal haul|publisher=Stuff}}</ref>
He announced his international retirement in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowls.com.au/nathan-rice-announces-international-retirement/|title=NATHAN RICE ANNOUNCES INTERNATIONAL RETIREMENT|website=Bowls Australia}}</ref>
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