title: Rex Johnston (bowls)
text: # Rex Johnston (bowls)
  
  Rex Johnston (born 1950) is an Australian international lawn bowler.
  
  ## Bowls career
  
  ### World Championships
  
  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.
  
  ### Commonwealth Games
  
  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
  
  He won nine medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships including six gold medals. In 1989, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic 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 Bowls Australia Sporting Hall of Fame as one of only three "legends" of the sport.
  
  