Rex Johnston

Rex Johnston, born in 1950, is an Australian international lawn bowler who built a long career at the Commonwealth Games and at world and regional championships. He won two bronze medals, in the pairs and the fours, at the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide, and a silver medal in the triples at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg. He appeared at four Commonwealth Games, winning gold in 1994 and silver in 1998, and he took the pairs title at the Australian National Bowls Championships in 1987. Beyond those events he won nine medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, six of them gold, and the pairs title at the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic in 1989. After competing he moved into coaching, leading Malta at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and serving as the Australian National Coach from 2009 to 2011. In October 2017 he was entered into the Bowls Australia Sporting Hall of Fame as one of only three legends of the sport.