Tim Johnson is a past Captain of the Wheel Blacks

Wheel Blacks

The Wheel Blacks are the national wheelchair rugby team of New Zealand. The team won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. The 2008 Wheel Blacks were captained by Tim Johnson and coached by Grant Sharman...

, the New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 wheelchair rugby

Wheelchair rugby

Wheelchair rugby, , is a team sport for athletes with a disability. It is currently practiced in over twenty countries around the world and is a Paralympic sport....

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He has been a member of all New Zealand teams since 1998, including the gold medal-winning team at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

2004 Summer Paralympics

The 2004 Summer Paralympics were held in Athens, Greece, from September 17 to September 28. The twelfth Paralympic Games, an estimated 4,000 athletes took part in the Athens programme, with ages ranging from 11 to 66. Paralympic events had already taken place during the 2004 Summer Olympics as...

 in Athens

Athens

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 and the bronze medal-winning team at the 2000 Paralympics in Sydney

Sydney

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. At the 2008 Paralympics, he was both a player and assistant coach for the New Zealand team, which finished in fifth place. He won silver at both 1998 Toronto

Toronto

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 and 2006 Christchurch

Christchurch

Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

 World Championships. He was captain of the 2006 team, President of New Zealand Wheelchair Rugby from 2003-2004 and Treasurer from 2005-2006.

He currently works full time for the New Zealand Accident Compensation Corporation

Accident Compensation Corporation

The Accident Compensation Corporation is a New Zealand Crown entity responsible for administering the Accident Compensation Act 2001. The Act provides support to citizens, residents, and temporary visitors who have suffered personal injuries....

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