Oscar Pistorius was the first double amputee to compete at an able-bodied Olympics . He described the summer of 2012 as a `` dream come true '' after Paralympic gold . Soon after his arrest , the athlete 's image was pulled from billboards across South Africa . The South African had both legs amputated below the knee when he was 11 months old . His mother and sister were killed in a car accident before his amputation, leaving him with no limbs.
Oscar Pistorius was the first double amputee to compete at an able-bodied Olympics . He described the summer of 2012 as a `` dream come true '' after Paralympic gold . The South African had both legs amputated below the knee when he was 11 months old . His mother and sister were killed in a car accident before his amputation, leaving him with no limbs.