Peter Rheuben


Peter Alan Rheuben was an Australian international lawn bowler.

Bowls career

World Championship

Rheuben won the pairs gold medal at the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Frankston, Victoria with bowls partner Alf Sandercock. He also won a silver medal in the team event.

Commonwealth Games

Rheuben represented Australia at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand and the 1982 Commonwealth Games where he won a bronze medal in the pairs with Denis Dalton.

Personal life

He was a company director by trade and also represented Eastwood Rugby Club and New South Wales in rugby union against the British Lions in 1953.

Awards

He was inducted into the Australian Hall of Fame.