Rex Johnston (born 1950) is an Australian international

lawn bowler Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which players try to roll their ball (called a bowl) closest to a smaller ball (known as a "jack" or sometimes a "kitty"). The bowls are shaped (biased), so that they follow a curve ...

Bowls career

World Championships

Johnston won two bronze medals in the

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and fours at the

1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 1996 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at the Lockleys Bowls Club in Adelaide, Australia, from 18 to 31 March 1996. The 1996 Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at Victoria Park, Leamington Spa, England ...

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. He won a silver medal in the

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at the

2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 2000 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at Marks Park Bowling Club, in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 1 to 15 April 2000. The 2000 Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at Moama Bowling Club in Moama Moama ( ...

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Commonwealth Games

In addition he has appeared at four

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, winning a gold medal at the

1994 Commonwealth Games The 1994 Commonwealth Games ( French: ''XVéme Jeux du Commonwealth'') were held in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, between 18 and 28 August 1994. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, box ...

, and a silver at the

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ( Malay: ), officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games (Malay: ), were a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 1998 games were the first held in Asia and the last Commonwealth Games of the 20th cen ...

and won he pairs title at the

Australian National Bowls Championships The Australian National Bowls Championships and the Australian Open are competitions in Australia for bowls. They are organised by Bowls Australia. Bowls dates back to 1845 in Australia but it was not until 1910, during the 1910 Carnival of Bowl ...

in 1987.

Other

He won nine medals at the

Asia Pacific Bowls Championships The Asia Pacific Bowls Championships formerly the Pacific Rim Championships was a lawn bowling competition held between national bowls organisations in the Asia Pacific region. The event was inaugurated in 1985, and it was initially held every t ...

including six gold medals. In 1989, he won the

Hong Kong International Bowls Classic The Hong Kong International Bowls Classic is a highly prestigious event in the lawn bowls calendar. It began as a men's pairs competition in 1981, with a men's singles event added in 1983. In 2008, the program was expanded to include singles an ...

pairs title.

Coaching and awards

He coached Malta at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, and from 2009-11 he was the Australian National Coach. In October 2017 he was entered into the

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Sporting Hall of Fame as one of only three "legends" of the sport.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnston, Rex 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 Bowls World Champions 20th-century Australian sportsmen Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Coffs Harbour Sportsmen from New South Wales Commonwealth Games silver medallists in lawn bowls Commonwealth Games gold medallists in lawn bowls