Pistorius guilty of murder

A South African appeals court has convicted Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius of murder, overturning an earlier manslaughter conviction for shooting girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp to death in 2013

Nov 22, 1986:

Oscar Pistorius born

in Johannesburg, South Africa. Without

fibulas (calf bones) since birth, he has

both legs amputated below knee

before age of one

2001:

His mother, Sheila, dies after

adverse reaction to medication

2003:

A keen sportsman at school,

he turns to sprinting after suffering

serious knee injury playing rugby

Aug 2008:

Wins three gold medals

Pistorius

competes

at the 2012

London

Paralympic

Games

at Beijing Paralympics

2011:

Helps South Africa to relay final

at IAAF World Championships

2012:

Becomes first double amputee

to compete at Olympic Games. Wins

two golds and a silver at London

Paralympics

Feb 14, 2013

Arrested and

charged with

shooting dead

his 29-year-old

girlfriend

Reeva

Steenkamp

.

Pistorius claims

he mistook her for

an intruder

2004:

Running on carbon fibre

prosthetic “cheetah blades”, wins 200m

gold at Athens Paralympics, setting

world record time

Sep 12, 2014:

Following six-month

trial, Pistorius found guilty of culpable

homicide (manslaughter)

Jan 2008:

Banned by IAAF from

Oct 21:

Jailed for five years

competing against able-bodied athletes

due to “unfair advantage”. Ruling

overturned in May by Court of

Arbitration for Sport

Oct 20, 2015:

Released to serve rest

of sentence under house arrest

Dec 3:

Found guilty of murder

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