Nathan Craig Rickard is an Australian former freestyle swimmer.

Rickard, elder brother of swimmer Brenton, was the World Student Games 50 metre freestyle gold medalist in 1997, setting an Australian record of 22.50s in the process.

[1] He upset world record holder Michael Klim to win the 50 metre freestyle at the 1997 Australian Swimming Championships.

He won the national 50 metre freestyle title again in 1998 and came fourth in that event at the Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games later that year.

[3] In 1999 he was fifth in the 50 metre freestyle at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships.