Pistorius was born without calf bones, and at 11 months old, his parents chose to have both of his legs amputated below the knee, enabling him to be fitted with prosthetic legs. Prior to his court case in , he told the court that he was earning 5.
However, some local sports agents had speculated the value to be four times that. However, his earnings could have decreased because of the court case and legal fees and because his sponsorship deals were terminated.
Six months after his rugby injury, Pistorius ran in his first competitive metre race for Pretoria Boys High School. According to his website, his time was Doctors warned his parents, Henke and Sheila Pistorius that their son could never walk but they tried their best in attempting to save his legs by putting them in plaster to help straighten them. However, when he was 11 months old, his doctors amputated his legs from the knee. Pistorius was lucky for he had good doctors that tried to save most of his leg because any amputation above his knee would have resulted in him not having a running career.
His doctors fitted him with prosthetic legs which aided him to walk. He always loved speed and the adrenaline rush since he was young. He did almost all adrenaline rush activities that kids did like roller skating, bike riding even climbing trees.
He used to run everywhere as a kid, leaving his mother chasing after him. He often cracked his prosthetic legs due to his countless activities and used to constantly hurt himself as a kid by getting bruised and battered. To date, he has neither perception of fear nor danger.
Unfortunately, his mother, who he loved dearly, passed away when he was just fifteen years old due to drug-related complications. Since he was very active even in his teen years, he used to participate in other sports while he was at Pretoria Boys High School. He competed in water polo Olympic wrestling and even rugby. It was while playing a rugby match in his school back in that he sustained a terrible knee injury. As part of his leg rehabilitation, he started running and by the end of , he had started competing in international running events.
Since he had prosthetic legs, he previously could not race against able-bodied athletes for it was previously seen that able-bodied athletes have a higher advantage of winning running races over amputees.
However, in an ironic twist of events, he was forbidden to take part in able-bodied races by the International Association of Athletics Federation IAAF , as the blades of his prosthetic legs gave him an added advantage over the other able-bodied runners given that his blades gave him an extra boost when running.
This made him the first-ever amputee to take part in able-bodied races. Although given a mechanical advantage when running in a straight line which boosts him more than normal legs, his prosthetic legs were, however, a big disadvantage to Oscar during corners and when starting races as runners use the flexibility of their calf muscles to help them turn and boost them when running.
This was a big disadvantage for Pistorius as his blades did not give him the flexibility he needed when he approached a corner thus forcing him to reduce his speed to turn a corner. In everything he ever did, Oscar always went for the best; so also was it with his love life. Although he was not married, he got into a relationship with the top South African model, Reeva Steenkamp.
The two first met in through a mutual friend and according to him, he fell for her immediately. Steenkamp was not just a famous model who has worked with big brands including Avon cosmetics and Toyota and modeled for FHM magazine, she was also a TV personality and reality TV star.
She was a rather adventurous person who was keen on riding horses and was said to have broken her back when she was in her early 20s and had to learn to walk again. This side of her seemed to be attracted to Oscar who was also an adventurous individual and so shortly after they met, they became an item and started dating in November Before police made it to the scene, paramedics were already trying to revive her but she died on the scene.
The Paralympian was arrested and charged for the murder of the model, although he insisted it was all but an accident. Oscar who was 26 at the time, claimed that his years-old girlfriend decided to surprise him but he mistook it for an intruder and that was why he fired the shots that cost her life.
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