Pistorius was qualified to compete in both below-the-knee amputee and non-disabled sprint events. He became the tenth athlete to achieve so by competing in the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Due to a congenital defect, he was born lacking both fibulae and the outside of both feet. He barely had 11 months, therefore both of his feet had to be removed.
Full Biography
Pistorius attempted to compete in international tournaments available to athletes without impairments after winning the Paralympic gold medal, but the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) vehemently objected, claiming that his prosthetic limbs gave him an unfair advantage. In this legal dispute, Pistorius won.
Pistorius made history at the 2011 World Athletics Championships by becoming the first amputee to win a non-disabled world track medal. Pistorius entered the 2012 Olympics as the first athlete with two amputees.
Height and weight
He is 5.2 feet (1.6 meters) tall (without prosthesis)
Nationality & Ethnicity
He is both of African and South African background.
Education
He attended Constantia Kloof Primary School and Pretoria Boys High School, both of which had third XV rugby union teams, where he played.
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.
