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Pistorius taking part in the Landsmót ungmennafélags Íslands in Kópavogur, Iceland, the largest sporting event in the country, on 8 July 2007 | |
Personal information | |
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Nickname(s) | Blade Runner; the fastest man on no legs; "Oz" Pistorius[1] |
Born | 22 November 1986 Sandton, Johannesburg,Transvaal Province (nowGauteng Province), South Africa |
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 1⁄4 in) in prosthetics[2] |
Weight | 80.5 kg (177 lb) (2007)[3] |
Website | www.oscarpistorius.co.za |
Sport | |
Country | South Africa |
Sport | Running |
Event(s) | Sprints (100, 200, 400 m) |
Achievements and titles | |
World finals | 2005 Paralympic World Cup: 100 m (T44) – Gold; 200 m (T44) – Gold |
National finals | 2007 South African Senior Athletics Championships: 400 m (T44) – Gold |
Paralympic finals | 2008 Summer Paralympics: 100 m (T44) – Gold, 200 m (T44) – Gold; 400 m (T44) – Gold 2004 Summer Paralympics: 100 m (T44) – Bronze; 200 m (T44) – Gold |
Highest world ranking | 400 m: 1st (2008)[6] |
Personal best(s) | 400 m (T44): 45.07 |
Updated on 14 September 2008. |
Other awards and accolades
In 2006, Pistorius was conferred the Order of Ikhamanga in Bronze (OIB) by the President of South Africa for outstanding achievement in sports.[1] 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.[74]
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.""
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Pistorius
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See other videos of him from his website:
http://www.oscarpistorius.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=10&Itemid=110
World Athletics 2011: Oscar Pistorius misses out on 400m final
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