Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius is a South African former professional sprinter and convicted murderer.
67 Facts About Oscar Pistorius
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Oscar Pistorius was the 10th athlete to compete at both the Paralympic Games and Olympic Games.
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At the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, Oscar Pistorius was the first amputee to win a nondisabled world track medal.
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At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Oscar Pistorius was the first double-leg amputee participant.
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On 14 February 2013, Oscar Pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend, paralegal and model Reeva Steenkamp, in his Pretoria home.
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Oscar Pistorius claimed he had mistaken Steenkamp for an intruder hiding in the bathroom.
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At his trial the following year, Oscar Pistorius was found not guilty of murder, but guilty of culpable homicide.
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Oscar Pistorius received a five-year prison sentence for culpable homicide and a concurrent three-year suspended sentence for a separate reckless endangerment conviction.
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Oscar Pistorius was temporarily released on house arrest in 2015 while the case was presented on appeal to a panel at the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa, which overturned the culpable homicide verdict and convicted him of murder.
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Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius was born to Henke and Sheila Pistorius on 22 November 1986 in Sandton, Johannesburg, in what was then Transvaal Province of South Africa.
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Oscar Pistorius grew up in a Christian home and has an elder brother, Carl, and a younger sister, Aimee.
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Oscar Pistorius is from an Afrikaner family with partial Italian ancestry from his maternal great-grandfather, who was an Italian emigrant to Kenya.
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Oscar Pistorius was born with fibular hemimelia in both legs.
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Oscar Pistorius attended Constantia Kloof Primary School and Pretoria Boys High School, where he played rugby union in the school's third XV team.
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Oscar Pistorius played water polo and tennis at provincial level between the ages of 11 and 13.
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Brooks remarked that it took six months before he noticed that Oscar Pistorius "had no legs", but nonetheless was able to do many exercises, including "boxing, skipping, and doing press-ups".
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Oscar Pistorius's first racing blades were fitted by South African prosthetist Francois van der Watt.
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Oscar Pistorius competed in T44 events though he is classified in T43.
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Sometimes referred to as the "Blade Runner" and "the fastest man on no legs", Oscar Pistorius took part in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens and came third overall in the T44 100-metre event.
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Oscar Pistorius was invited by the IAAF to take part in what would have been his first international nondisabled event, the 400-metre race at the IAAF Grand Prix in Helsinki, Finland, in July 2005.
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Oscar Pistorius was unable to attend because of school commitments.
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Oscar Pistorius has been the subject of criticism because of claims that his artificial limbs give him an advantage over runners with natural ankles and feet.
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In November 2007, Oscar Pistorius was invited to take part in a series of scientific tests at the German Sports University Cologne under the guidance of Professor of Biomechanics Dr Peter Bruggemann in conjunction with Elio Locatelli, who was responsible for all technical issues in the IAAF.
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Oscar Pistorius called the decision "premature and highly subjective" and pledged to continue fighting for his dream.
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Oscar Pistorius subsequently appealed against the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland, and appeared before the tribunal at the end of April 2008.
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Oscar Pistorius branded this as the IAAF's "last desperate attempt" to get him not to qualify, and threatened legal action if the IAAF did not confirm that it had no objections to his participation in the relay.
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Oscar Pistorius won the 400-metres event with a posted time that ranked him as 15th fastest in the world.
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At the 2012 Summer Olympic Games on 4 August 2012, Oscar Pistorius became the debut amputee runner to compete at an Olympic Games.
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Oscar Pistorius ran in the second semi-final, where he finished eighth and last with a time of 46.54 seconds.
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Oscar Pistorius was chosen to carry the South African flag for the closing ceremony.
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Oscar Pistorius carried the flag at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Paralympics on 29 August.
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Oscar Pistorius took silver, and subsequently complained about the length of Oliveira's blades.
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Oscar Pistorius later apologised for the timing of his remarks, but not the content of his complaint.
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The IPC confirmed that Oscar Pistorius had raised the issue of blade length with it six weeks prior to the race.
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In 2006, Oscar Pistorius was conferred the Order of Ikhamanga in Bronze by then President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, for outstanding achievement in sports.
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On 9 December 2007, Oscar 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.
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In February 2012, Oscar Pistorius was awarded the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability for 2012.
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On 9 September 2012, Oscar Pistorius was shortlisted by the IPC for the Whang Youn Dai Achievement Award as a competitor "who is fair, honest and is uncompromising in his or her values and prioritises the promotion of the Paralympic Movement above personal recognition".
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In 2012, Oscar Pistorius had sponsorship deals worth US$2 million a year with Ossur, BT, Nike, Oakley and Thierry Mugler.
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In 2008, Oscar Pistorius collaborated in the release of a music CD called Olympic Dream.
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In 2010, Oscar Pistorius appeared on L'isola dei famosi, an Italian version of Celebrity Survivor.
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On 9 October 2012, Oscar Pistorius appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
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Oscar Pistorius was scheduled to appear on Piers Morgan Tonight and the Larry King Now show at later dates.
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In February 2009, Oscar Pistorius was seriously injured when he was thrown from a boat in an accident on the Vaal River near Johannesburg.
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Oscar Pistorius was airlifted to Milpark Hospital, where he underwent surgery to repair broken facial bones, including his nose and jaw.
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Oscar Pistorius was scheduled as an amateur golfer in the 2012 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship held at St Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns in Scotland.
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Oscar Pistorius has a 21 handicap in South Africa, but played off an 18 handicap for the Championship.
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Oscar Pistorius is related to the South African psychological profiler, Micki Oscar Pistorius, who is his aunt.
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Oscar Pistorius admitted that he shot Steenkamp four times, causing her death but claimed he mistook her for a possible intruder.
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On 20 May 2014, the trial proceedings were adjourned until 30 June to enable Oscar Pistorius to undergo psychiatric evaluation to establish whether he could be held criminally responsible for shooting Steenkamp.
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On 30 June 2014, the trial resumed after the evaluation reports said Oscar Pistorius could be held criminally responsible.
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Oscar Pistorius was found not guilty of two other firearm-related charges relating to possession of illegal ammunition and firing a firearm through the sunroof of a car.
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In June 2015, Oscar Pistorius was recommended for early release, as early as August.
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Oscar Pistorius was expected to remain under house arrest and correctional supervision, and was expected to perform community service as part of his continuing sentence.
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Oscar Pistorius was released from prison on 19 October 2015.
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The prosecutors' argument rested on Judge Masipa's application of the legal principle of dolus eventualis, and that the judge made an error in concluding Oscar Pistorius had not foreseen that by firing four shots through the closed door of the toilet cubicle, he would kill or injure whoever was behind the door.
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The panel of five judges found for the prosecutor's argument that Oscar Pistorius must have known that someone would die if he fired through the closed door into a small toilet cubicle.
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On 8 December 2015, it was announced Oscar Pistorius would continue to remain free on bail but under house arrest pending his appeal to the Constitutional Court.
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On 3 March 2016, it was announced Oscar Pistorius had been denied his right to appeal, and would next be due in court on 13 June 2016 to begin a five-day sentencing hearing for the murder conviction, concluding on 17 June 2016.
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On 7 August 2016, Oscar Pistorius was treated at Kalafong Hospital, in Pretoria, after sustaining minor injuries to his wrists after slipping in his cell.
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Media reports of Oscar Pistorius injuring himself intentionally were said to be "completely untrue" by his brother Carl who said he was "doing well given the circumstances".
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Oscar Pistorius was briefly released from prison for four hours on 14 October 2016 through a compassionate leave license to attend the funeral service of his grandmother, who died on 8 October 2016.
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In November 2016, Oscar Pistorius was transferred from the Kgosi Mampuru jail to Atteridgeville Correctional Centre which is smaller and better adapted for disabled prisoners, as it has better facilities for inmates including bath tubs in cells.
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On 19 December 2017, it was confirmed that Oscar Pistorius had filed papers with the Constitutional Court to appeal the newly increased sentence and have his previous six-year sentence reinstated.
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On 9 April 2018, it was confirmed that on 28 March 2018 the appeal was dismissed by the courts; Oscar Pistorius was not to be eligible for parole until at least 2023.
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Oscar Pistorius founded the Reeva Steenkamp Foundation to help prevent "similar cases" in the future.
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The Oscar Pistorius family threatened legal action against Lifetime Movies, the American television network that produced the movie.