Top 5 physically challenged athletes who participated in the Olympics

# 3 – Oscar Pistorius

Sports – Track and Field

The Blade Runner – Oscar Pistorius

Dubbed as the “fastest man on no legs”, Pistorius shocked the entire world when he qualified for the 2012 London Summer Olympics despite being an amputee.

His career in Paralympics began when he won the 200m gold in Athens. Later in the Beijing Paralympics, Pistorius won three gold medals in 100 m , 200 m and 400 m races respectively.

By 2010, Oscar Pistorius began competing in able bodied events. In the 400 m races, he recorded more than three instances clocking less than 46 seconds. But during 2011, he set a time of 45.07 seconds, attaining A standard from the Olympic Committee.

Pistorius, often called as the “Blade Runner”, will now run for South Africa in both the 400 m as well as the 4 x 400 m relay in London, a feat which has never been matched by any amputee.