Oscar Pistorius, born Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius, is a convicted murderer and former professional sprinter from South Africa.
He was born on November 22, 1986, in Sandton, South Africa, and at the age of 11 months, both of his feet had been amputated due to a congenital abnormality, with the outside of both feet and both fibulae were gone. Oscar Pistorius attended Constantia Kloof Primary School and Pretoria Boys High School before enrolling at the University of Pretoria to pursue a bachelor of commerce (B.Com.) in business management with a minor in sports science.
Oscar Pistorius parents: Sheila Pistorius, Henke Pistorius
Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius was born on November 22, 1986, in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa, to Henke and Sheila Pistorius in what was then Transvaal Province (now Gauteng Province). However, there is not much information available regarding Sheila Pistorius (his mother) and Henke Pistorius (his father).
He was raised in a Christian home with an older brother, Carl, and a younger sister, Aimée. Pistorius credits his mother, who died when he was 15 years old at the age of 43, as a huge influence in his life. Pistorius was born into an Afrikaner family with Italian lineage through his maternal great-grandfather, an Italian emigrant to Kenya. His mother tongue is Afrikaans, and he is also fluent in English.
