Michael Johnson is a New Zealand Paralympic shooter who won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.
Paralympic shooting, also known as shooting Para sport, is an adaptation of shooting sports for competitors with disabilities. Shooting is a test of accuracy and control, in which competitors use pistols or rifles to fire a series of shots at a stationary target. Each shot is worth a maximum score of 10 or a decimal value of 10.9 points. Athletes use .22 caliber rifles, pistols and .177 caliber air guns. Paralympic shooting first appeared in the Summer Paralympics at the 1976 Toronto Games.
Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics consisted of twelve events. The competition was held in the Beijing Shooting Range Hall from 7 September to 12 September.
Matthew James Skelhon is a British sport shooter. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics he won the gold medal in the SH1 10 metre prone air rifle event.
Ashley Phillip Adams was an Australian Paralympic shooting medallist and cattle grazier.
Jason Maroney is an Australian shooter. He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in shooting. He did not medal at the 2012 Games.
Bradley Mark is a New Zealand born Australian shooter who has represented Australia in two Paralympic Games.
Natalie Smith is an Australian Paralympic shooter. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, she won a bronze medal. She also represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and has been selected for 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Shooting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics consisted of twelve events. The competition was held in the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich from 30 August to 6 September.
The Men's 10m Air Pistol SH1 shooting event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed on 18 September. It was won by Li Jian Fei, representing China.
The Men's 50m Free Rifle 3x40 SH1 shooting event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed on 21 September. It was won by Jonas Jacobsson, representing Sweden.
The Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1 shooting event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed on 19 September. It was won by Isabel Newstead MBE, representing Great Britain.
The Women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 shooting event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed on 18 September. It was won by Manuela Schmermund, representing Germany.
The Women's 50m Sport Rifle 3x20 SH1 shooting event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed on 20 September. It was won by Her Myung Sook, representing South Korea.
The Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 shooting event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed on 22 September. It was won by Jonas Jacobsson, representing Sweden.
The Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH2 shooting event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed on 20 September. It was won by Minna Leinonen, representing Finland.
The Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2 shooting event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed on 22 September. It was won by Mike Johnson, representing New Zealand.
The Mixed 50m Free Rifle Prone SH1 shooting event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed on 23 September. It was won by Jonas Jacobsson, representing Sweden.
Keith Bremner was an Australian Paralympic Shooter, who participated in other sports at International Paralympic Games. He competed at four successive Summer Paralympics from 1984, FESPIC Games, International Stoke Mandeville Games, World Shooting Championships, Oceania and Korean Shooting Championships for the Disabled. He was Chairman and long-term member of the Paraplegic and Quadriplegic Association of New South Wales, and long-term member of Wheelchair Sports New South Wales.
Qualification for shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics begins from 1 January 2019 to 21 June 2021. There will be three events for male and female sports shooters and seven mixed events. There will be a total of 154 athlete quotas.
