Pistorius was eligible for both non-disabled and below-the-knee amputee sprint contests. His participation in both the Olympic and Paralympic Games made him the tenth athlete to do so.
He was born without the outside of both feet and both fibulae due to a congenital abnormality. Since he was only 11 months old, he needed both of his feet amputated.
Full Biography
After winning the Paralympic gold medal, Pistorius tried to participate in international competitions open to athletes without disabilities, but the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) angrily opposed, alleging that his prosthetic limbs gave him an unfair advantage. Pistorius prevailed in this court case.
At the 2011 World Athletics Championships, Pistorius made history by becoming the first amputee to take home a non-disabled world track medal. Pistorius was the first athlete with two amputees to participate in the Olympics in 2012.
Height and weight
He stands 1.6 meters (5.2 feet) tall (without prosthesis)
Nationality & ethnicity
He is of African and South African descent.
Education
He attended Constantia Kloof Primary School and Pretoria Boys High School, where he played on the third XV rugby union team.
Any Other Information
Carl Pistorius was born on November 22, 1986, in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa’s Transvaal Province to Theodore Leonard Henke and Sheila Pistorius (now Gauteng Province).
He was brought up in a Christian home and has an older brother named Carl and a younger sister named Aimée. According to Pistorius, his mother, who passed away at the age of 43, had a big influence on his life when he was 15 years old.
