Rex Johnston (bowls)
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| Nickname | Paddles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 October 1950 Coffs Harbour | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rex Johnston (born 1950) is an Australian international lawn bowler.
Bowls career[edit]
World Championships[edit]
Johnston won two bronze medals in the pairs and fours at the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide. He won a silver medal in the triples at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg.[1]
Commonwealth Games[edit]
In addition he has appeared at four Commonwealth Games, winning a gold medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, and a silver at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and won he pairs title at the Australian National Bowls Championships in 1987.
Other[edit]
He won nine medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships including six gold medals.[2] In 1989, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic pairs title.[3]
Coaching and awards[edit]
He coached Malta at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, and from 2009-11 he was the Australian National Coach.[4]
In October 2017 he was entered into the Bowls Australia Sporting Hall of Fame as one of only three "legends" of the sport.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Rex Johnston profile" (PDF). Bowls New South Wales.
- ^ "Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "HK Classic winners Men Pairs". HKLBA. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Johnston appointed lawn bowls head coach". Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ "Hall of Fame - Honour Roll".
- 1950 births
- Living people
- Bowls players at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Australian male bowls players
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
- Bowls World Champions
- 20th-century Australian people
- Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- People from Coffs Harbour
- Sportsmen from New South Wales