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Oscar Pistorius
South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius, 2012.
Oscar Pistorius
South African athlete
Also known as: Blade Runner, Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius
Quick Facts
- In full:
- Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius
- Byname:
- Blade Runner
- Born:
- November 22, 1986, Johannesburg, South Africa (age 38)
- Awards And Honors:
- Paralympic Games
News •
Oscar Pistorius’s new ‘lookalike’ girlfriend and the battle to shake his dark past
• Dec. 18, 2024, 4:26 AM ET (The Telegraph)
Oscar Pistorius (born November 22, 1986, Johannesburg, South Africa) is a South African track-and-field sprinter and bilateral below-the-knee amputee who, at the 2012 London Games, became the first amputee to compete in an Olympic track event. In 2015 Pistorius was convicted of murdering South African model Reeva Steenkamp, and he was later sentenced to more than 13 years in prison. Pistorius was born without a fibula bone in either of his lower legs. His legs were amputated below the knee when he was 11 months old, and six months after that he learned to walk on fiberglass pegs. His parents, ...(100 of 744 words)