Oscar Pistorius

South African sprinter and convicted murderer (born 1986)

Person Human Q201377

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26 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[12]
Date of birth: November 22, 1986
Place of birth: Sandton
Country of citizenship: South Africa^[6]
Occupation: athletics competitor, murderer, athlete
Educated at: University of Strathclyde, University of Pretoria, Pretoria Boys High School^[7]^[8]^[9]
Award received: BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award, Order of Ikhamanga in Bronze^[10]^[11]
Official website: oscarpistorius.com^[20]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[24]
Birth name: Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius^[26]
Country for sport: South Africa^[27]
Family name: Pistorius^[14]
Given name: Oscar, Leonard, Carl^[15]^[16]^[17]
Height: +160^[29]
Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Paralympics^[32]
Mass: +78^[30]
Name in native language: Oscar Pistorius^[28]
Nickname: Blade Runner^[25]
Participant in: 2012 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Paralympics, 2008 Summer Paralympics^[21]^[22]^[23]
Penalty: incarceration
Significant event: shooting, trial of Oscar Pistorius^[18]^[19]
Social media followers: 292k (292k–306k, n=3)
Sport: athletics^[13]

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Sports discipline competed in: sprinting^[31]
Unmarried partner: Reeva Steenkamp

🏷️ Also known as

en Blade Runner en Oscar Pistorius en Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius en Fastest man on no legs ar أوسكار بيستوريوس da Oscar Leonard Karl Pistorius de Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius el Πιστοριους el Όσκαρ Πιστόριους es Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius es Oscar Pistorios es Óscar Pistorius fa اسکار پیستوریوس fa پیستوریوس fi Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius he אוסקר פיסטוריוס hi ऑस्कर पिस्टोरियस id Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius it Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius ja オスカー・ピストリウス

🔖 Identifiers · 58

ISNI: 0000000078542783
VIAF cluster ID: 86410902
Library of Congress Authorities ID: no2009107210
GND ID: 138509816
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Oscar Pistorius in Warsaw (cropped).jpg ↗
Alexander Turnbull Library ID: 300806
All-Athletics.com ID (archived): 67380
Athletics Podium person ID: 766
Awards & Winners artist ID: 0f1lfn
BBC News topic ID: c90ymrvrxgjt
BBC Things ID: 7827a815-1df6-4003-bc51-0852b6ab41d2
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 16205460h

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CiNii Research ID: 1140282266550211072
DDB person (GND) ID: 138509816
Dagens Nyheter topic ID: oscar-pistorius
Diamond League athlete ID: 14220961
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Oscar-Pistorius
FAST ID: 1916213
France 24 topic ID (French): oscar-pistorius
Freebase ID: /m/0f1lfn
GTAA ID: 211011
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: oscar-leonard-carl-pistorius
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme): 20993096
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Oscar_Pistorius
IPC.infostradasports.com sportsperson ID (archived): 688561
IdRef ID: 149472986
Instagram username: oscarpistorius
InterSportStats athlete ID: 3000015776
Munzinger Sport number: 01000007497
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA17768656
NDL Authority ID: 001126272
NE.se ID: oscar-pistorius
NL CR AUT ID: js20090423011
NLP ID: a0000002907774
National Library of Korea ID: KAC201227934
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810672835205606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 383073294
Obálky knih ID: js20090423011
Olympedia people ID: 123443
Olympic.org athlete ID (archived): oscar-pistorius
Olympics.com athlete ID: oscar-pistorius
Paralympic.org sportsperson ID: oscar-pistorius
Quora topic ID: Oscar-Pistorius-the-Blade-Runner
Radio France person ID: oscar-pistorius
Roglo person ID: p=oscar;n=pistorius
Sports-Reference.com Olympic athlete ID (archived): pi/oscar-pistorius-1
Threads username: oscarpistorius
Tilastopaja male athlete ID: 64686
Topic's main category: Category:Oscar Pistorius
Track and Field Statistics male athlete ID: 19241
Treccani ID: oscar-pistorius
Treccani's Lessico del XXI Secolo ID: oscar-pistorius
Vikidia article ID: fr:Oscar_Pistorius
Wellcome Collection concept ID: b886axw4
World Athletics athlete ID: 14220961, 233200
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJjHgc4Wtc3ktWP98fkv73
X (Twitter) username: OscarPistorius
Yale LUX ID: person/5b88ebc6-d27d-4428-b26b-780ab95ff343

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🔗 Connections

Educated at 3

University of Pretoria, University of Strathclyde, Pretoria Boys High School

Given name 3

Leonard, Oscar, Carl

Participant in 3

2012 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Paralympics, 2004 Summer Paralympics

Occupation 2

athletics competitor, murderer

Award received 1

BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award

Country for sport 1

South Africa

Country of citizenship 1

South Africa

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Penalty 1

incarceration

Place of birth 1

Sandton

Sex or gender 1

male

Significant event 1

shooting

Sport 1

athletics

Sports discipline competed in 1

sprinting

Topic's main category 1

Category:Oscar Pistorius

Unmarried partner 1

Reeva Steenkamp

← Category's main topic 1

Category:Oscar Pistorius

← Flag bearer 1

South Africa at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

← Killed by 1

Reeva Steenkamp

← Unmarried partner 1

Reeva Steenkamp

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Summary

Oscar Pistorius was born on November 22, 1986^[1], in Sandton^[2]. He has worked as an athletics competitor^[3], murderer^[4], and athlete^[5].

FAQs

Where was Oscar Pistorius born?

Oscar Pistorius's place of birth was Sandton^[2].

What did Oscar Pistorius do for work?

Oscar Pistorius worked as an athletics competitor^[3], murderer^[4], and athlete^[5].

Where did Oscar Pistorius go to school?

Oscar Pistorius was educated at University of Strathclyde^[7], University of Pretoria^[8], and Pretoria Boys High School^[9].

What awards did Oscar Pistorius receive?

Honors received include BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award^[10] and Order of Ikhamanga in Bronze^[11].

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[2] ↑ Oscar Pistorius — place of birth (P19): Sandton. Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2026-10-18. brasil.elpais.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Oscar Pistorius — sex or gender (P21): male. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-13. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Oscar Pistorius — country of citizenship (P27): South Africa. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Oscar Pistorius — educated at (P69): University of Strathclyde. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Oscar Pistorius — educated at (P69): University of Pretoria. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Oscar Pistorius — educated at (P69): Pretoria Boys High School. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Oscar Pistorius — occupation (P106): athletics competitor. All-Athletics.com. Retrieved 2022-04-06. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Oscar Pistorius — occupation (P106): murderer. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Oscar Pistorius — occupation (P106): athlete. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Oscar Pistorius — award received (P166): BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award. telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-12-18. telegraph.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Oscar Pistorius — award received (P166): Order of Ikhamanga in Bronze. gov.za. gov.za. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Oscar Pistorius — date of birth (P569): November 22, 1986. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Oscar Pistorius — sport (P641): athletics. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Oscar Pistorius — family name (P734): Pistorius. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Oscar Pistorius — given name (P735): Oscar. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-13. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Oscar Pistorius — given name (P735): Leonard. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Oscar Pistorius — given name (P735): Carl. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Oscar Pistorius — significant event (P793): shooting. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Oscar Pistorius — significant event (P793): trial of Oscar Pistorius. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Oscar Pistorius — official website (P856): http://oscarpistorius.com/. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Oscar Pistorius — participant in (P1344): 2012 Summer Olympics. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Oscar Pistorius — participant in (P1344): 2004 Summer Paralympics. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Oscar Pistorius — participant in (P1344): 2008 Summer Paralympics. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Oscar Pistorius — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Oscar Pistorius — nickname (P1449): Blade Runner. Olympedia. abcnews.go.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Oscar Pistorius — birth name (P1477): Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius. istoe.com.br. istoe.com.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Oscar Pistorius — country for sport (P1532): South Africa. World Athletics database. Retrieved 2025-10-23. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Oscar Pistorius — name in native language (P1559): Oscar Pistorius. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Oscar Pistorius — height (P2048): 160 cm. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Oscar Pistorius — mass (P2067): 78 kg. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Oscar Pistorius — sports discipline competed in (P2416): sprinting. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Oscar Pistorius — maintained by WikiProject (P6104): WikiProject Paralympics. wikidata.org.

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Oscar Pistorius

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