Oscar Pistorius is known as the "fastest thing on no legs"! He is also a highly-entertaining speaker whose talks inspire all those who have heard him.Oscar Pistorius is known as the "fastest thing on no legs"! He is also a highly-entertaining speaker whose talks inspire all those who have heard him.

A double amputee Oscar Pistorius is known as the "fastest thing on no legs"! He is also a highly-entertaining speaker whose talks inspire all those who have heard him.Oscar Pistorius is known as the "fastest thing on no legs"! He is also a highly-entertaining speaker whose talks inspire all those who have heard him.

This Pretoria resident is the world record holder in the 100, 200 and 400 metres sprint in his category and the winner of three Gold Medals at the Beijing Paralympics of September 2008. He was cleared in May (’08) to run in the Beijing Olympics by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. This followed a decision by track and field's governing body that said he was ineligible. He then failed to make the Olympic qualifying standard in the 400. which would have enabled him to have run against able-bodied athletes.

Pistorius' next goal is to qualify for the world championships next year in Berlin, where he would face able-bodied runners. He also is looking toward the London 2012 Olympics.

His determination to be considered as an athlete who happens to run on Cheetah carbon-fiber blades (Össur) from the knee down, means that as well as defending his 200m Paralympic title in Beijing in 2008, Oscar also plans to take part in the Olympics alongside able-bodied athletes as a kind of warm-up for the main event. And following the inaugural Visa Paralympic World Cup in Manchester from May 12-15, Oscar became the first Paralympic athlete to appear in an IAAF Grand Prix event by running in the Rome Golden Gala on July 13th where he ended up in 2nd place.