It'd be a neat touch if Michael Johnson happened to win No 200. Johnson is a world No 1 ranked air rifle marksman, a past Paralympic champion, a world record holder and a leading figure among New Zealand's para sportsmen and women.
Johnson's back story could also be used to illustrate so many athletes' paths into para sports.
After a car accident in 1992 which left him a tetraplegic, the Waiuku man returned to university to study for a Bachelor in Information Systems and eventually cast about for a hobby to keep him occupied.
He tried archery, which didn't work out. Then he discovered the Ardmore target club, about 15 minutes away from where he was living at the time.
"I went to give it a go and it was great," Johnson said.
"They had ramps; it was accessible. The guys were great and it pretty much started me from there. Before I knew it, within a year, I was going to South Korea to try and qualify for Athens [2004 Paralympics]. It was crazy." Oh, and he won gold in Athens too.
It also suggested to Johnson that he had stumbled on a sport for which he had a high degree of aptitude.
He remembers the lightbulb moment, when hobby turned to target. It came at an Oceania competition shortly after the start of the millennium.
"A couple of Aussie shooters came over. They thought they were real gung ho. They had the best equipment. All I had was a barbecue table and clamp holding the stand on.
"The Aussies beat me and I thought 'I'm never going to let that happen again. I'm going to fix you buggers'."
Johnson went to the Australian nationals in 2003 and beat them. From there "it was a hobby that snowballed out of control".
At present, Johnson is world No 1 in standing air rifle, No 2 in prone. To clarify, "standing" is the term used for sitting in the chair; "prone" is done with the elbows resting on a table.
And while other major shooting nations have all the flash gear, the hefty financial backing, Johnson trains in a range that he's built in his garage. And he would not have it any other way.
He's been competing during an overhaul of the perception of para sports. "Attitudes have definitely changed," he said, the unspoken add-on is that while that is good, there's still more that could be.
Shooting is Johnson's life and he pointed out that these days para athletes need a thoroughly professional attitude to their sport.
As Cameron Leslie, a gold medal and world record-holding swimmer, and now also a member of the Wheel Blacks, put it recently: "Maybe it was participation-based back in the day; but we're all here to win."
Johnson, 41, has already qualified New Zealand a quota spot in Rio. There are two further opportunities for further places to be won, at the Sydney World Cup next week, and in the United States later in the year.
Only problem is Johnson can't secure another spot; he's done all he can.
He was also named the International Paralympic Committee shooting athlete liaison offer late last year.
You easily discover why. Johnson is passionate about athletes' rights.
"I just hate injustice. We want everyone to have a fair go," he said.
Did you know
•There will be 528 medal events at the Paralympics in Rio, 264 for men, 226 for women and 38 in mixed events.
•23 sports will be contested, including two new entries to the programme: canoeing and triathlon.
•New Zealand aim to field a team of between 40 and 50 with athletics, cycling, swimming and shooting among the best prospects of success.
•New Zealand has won 197 Paralympic medals, 169 in summer games since its first appearance in 1968 in Tel Aviv, and 28 in winter Paralympics.
•New Zealand are targeting 18 medals, including 12 gold. If they get the dozen it would be the country's most successful return, exceeding the nine from Atlanta in 1996.
•Organisers will need 10,000 beds for para athletes, support staff and officials; there will be 2000 archery targets, 3.5 million meals prepared
