Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius (born 22 November 1986) is a convicted murderer and former professional sprinter from South Africa. Due to a congenital abnormality, both of his feet were amputated when he was 11 months old; he was born without the outside of both feet and both fibulae. Pistorius competed in both non-disabled sprint events and below-knee amputee sprint events. He was the tenth athlete to compete in both the Paralympics and the Olympics.
After becoming a Paralympic champion, Pistorius attempted to compete in nondisabled international championships, but the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) objected, claiming that his mechanical limbs gave him an unfair advantage. In this court battle, Pistorius won.
Oscar Pistorius siblings: Aimée Pistorius, Carl Pistorius
Aimee Pistorius and Carl Pistorius are his younger sister and elder brother respectively. However, there is not much information available with regard to their personal life.
Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius was born on November 22, 1986, in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa, to Henke and Sheila Pistorius in what was then Transvaal Province (now Gauteng Province). He was raised in a Christian home. Pistorius credits his mother, who died when he was 15 years old at the age of 43, as a huge influence in his life.
Pistorius was born into an Afrikaner family with Italian lineage through his maternal great-grandfather, an Italian emigrant to Kenya. His mother tongue is Afrikaans, and he is also fluent in English.
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