 Oscar
Pistorius was born in 1986 in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa, with congenital
absence of the fibula in both legs. When he was 11 months old, his legs were amputated
halfway between his knees and ankles. He attended Constantia Kloof Primary and Pretoria
Boys High School[ where, between the ages of 11 and 13, he played rugby union in
the school's third XV team, water polo and tennis. He also played water polo and
tennis at provincial level. In addition, Pistorius took part in club Olympic wrestling.
After a serious rugby knee injury in June 2003, he was introduced to running in
January 2004 while undergoing rehabilitation, and "never looked back".
Known as the "Blade Runner" and "the fastest man on no legs",
Pistorius is the world record holder in the 100, 200 and 400 meters (sport class
T44) events and runs with the aid of Cheetah Flex-Foot carbon fiber transtibial
artificial limbs by Ossur. In 2007 Pistorius took part in his first international
competitions for able-bodied athletes. However, his artificial lower legs, while
enabling him to compete, have generated claims that he has an unfair advantage over
able-bodied runners. The same year, the International Association of Athletics Federations
(IAAF) amended its competition rules to ban the use of "any technical device
that incorporates springs, wheels or any other element that provides a user with
an advantage over another athlete not using such a device". It claimed that
the amendment was not specifically aimed at Pistorius. After monitoring his track
performances and carrying out tests, scientists took the view that Pistorius enjoyed
considerable advantages over athletes without prosthetic limbs. On the strength
of these findings, on 14 January 2008 the IAAF ruled him ineligible for competitions
conducted under its rules, including the 2008 Summer Olympics. This decision was
reversed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on 16 May 2008, the Court ruling
overall there was no evidence that Pistorius had any net advantage over able-bodied
athletes.
In 2006, Pistorius was conferred the Order of Ikhamanga in Bronze
(OIB) by the President of South Africa for outstanding achievement in sports. On
9 December 2007, Pistorius was awarded the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen
Rollason Award, which is conferred for outstanding courage and achievement in the
face of adversity. In May 2008, Pistorius made the "2008 TIME 100" �
Time magazine's annual list of the world's most influential people � appearing
third in the "Heroes & Pioneers" section. Erik Weihenmayer, the first
blind person to climb Mount Everest, wrote in an essay that Pistorius was "on
the cusp of a paradigm shift in which disability becomes ability, disadvantage becomes
advantage. Yet we mustn't lose sight of what makes an athlete great. It's too easy
to credit Pistorius' success to technology. Through birth or circumstance, some
are given certain gifts, but it's what one does with those gifts, the hours devoted
to training, the desire to be the best, that is at the true heart of a champion.
While
wearing his prosthetics his height is 6'1"-6'2". |
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