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Oscar Pistorius

1986 - Today

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Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius ( pist-OR-ee-əs, Afrikaans: [pəˈstuəriœs]; born 22 November 1986) is a South African double amputee, former professional sprinter, and convicted murderer. He was the 10th athlete to compete at both the Paralympic Games and Olympic Games. Pistorius ran in both nondisabled sprint events and in sprint events for below-knee amputees. Both of his legs were amputated below the knee when he was 11 months old as a result of a birth defect; he was born missing the outsides of both feet and both fibulas. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2024). Oscar Pistorius is the 649th most popular athlete (down from 272nd in 2024), the 107th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 71st in 2019) and the 5th most popular South African Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Oscar Pistorius ranks 649 out of 6,025. Before him are Otis Davis, Liz Chase, Arthur Shaw, Henri Deloge, Park Sung-soo, and Albert Nasse. After him are Vladimir Melanin, Eva Janko, George Simpson, Yrjö Nikkanen, Bob Schul, and Ervin Mészáros.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1986, Oscar Pistorius ranks 64. Before him are Stjepan Hauser, Emily Armstrong, Romain Grosjean, Richard Gasquet, Pom Klementieff, and Sean Paul Lockhart. After him are Scott Eastwood, João Moutinho, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Hajime Isayama, Marta, and Sophie.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Oscar Pistorius ranks 107 out of 454. Before him are Renée Schuurman (1939), Jamie Uys (1921), Claude Chevalley (1909), Hugh Masekela (1939), Ernest Leonard Johnson (1891), and Alfred Swift (1931). After him are Max Gluckman (1911), Alan Paton (1903), John Kani (1943), Helen Suzman (1917), Tosca Musk (1974), and Wilfrid Napier (1941).

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Among ATHLETES In South Africa

Among athletes born in South Africa, Oscar Pistorius ranks 5. Before him are Reggie Walker (1889), Sid Atkinson (1901), Esther Brand (1922), and Lawrence Stevens (1913). After him are Bevil Rudd (1894), Marjorie Clark (1909), Christian Gitsham (1888), Daphne Hasenjäger (1929), Cecil McMaster (1895), Clarence Walker (1898), and Clarence Oldfield (1899).

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