Oscar Pistorius Timeline

2010-11-16T07:37:00Z

Oscar Pistorius Timeline

2003
21 June	Shatters his knee playing rugby for Pretoria Boys High School and is ruled out of sport for three months.
November	Begins injury rehabilitation at the Sports Science Institute at the University of Pretoria under the guidance of athletics coach Ampie Louw.
2004
01 January	Takes part in his first sprint session with Louw on New Year's Day.
28 January	Runs in his first competitive 100m race for Pretoria Boys High School in a time of 11.72s. The existing Paralympic world record was 12.20s.
March	Improves his time further to 11.51s at an open competition at the Pilditch Stadium, Pretoria.
June	Invited by family friend Chris Hatting to the US to trial Össur manufactured Flex-Foot Cheetahs for the first time.
September	Wins Paralympic gold in the T44 200m in a Paralympic world record in 21.97s and wins bronze in the T44 100m final in a time of 11.16s.
2005
March	Finishes sixth in the able-bodied 400m at the South African Championships.
May	Wins gold in T44 100m and 200m events at the BT Paralympic World Cup in Manchester.
August	Invited to attend IAAF international event in Helsinki, but declines due to school commitments. The following year is devoted to athletics training and his education.
2007
March	Runs a breakthrough 400m time of 46.56s in the South African Championships.
26 March	IAAF Council introduces amendment to Rule 144-2(e) regarding “technical aids” after meeting in Mobasa, Kenya.
04 April	Breaks the T43 100m world record in a time 10.91s at the Nedbank Championships for the Physically Disabled, in Gauteng, South Africa.
13 July	Finishes second in the Golden Gala event at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, in a time of 46.90s. IAAF installs high definition cameras around the track to analyse Pistorius' running style.
15 July	Competes at the British Grand Prix in Sheffield, but bad weather hampers his race and he finishes in a time of 47.65s.
12-13 November	IAAF conducts tests with Oscar at the Cologne Sports University under the guidance of Professor of Biomechanics Dr Peter Brüggemann in conjunction with Mr Elio Locatelli, who is responsible with the IAAF of all technical issues.
09 December	Receives the Helen Rollason Award at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2007, which is awarded for outstanding courage and achievement in the face of adversity.
20 December	IAAF sends Pistorius report saying that he has an unfair advantage. Pistorius given until January 10 to respond.
2008
10 January	Pistorius responds to IAAF report claiming that the tests were unfair and biased.
11 January	IAAF Executive Council vote to ratify the decision and Pistorius is banned from all able-bodied athletics competitions.
13 February	Law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf challenge the IAAF via an appeal on behalf of Oscar Pistorius.
February	Oscar takes part in scientific tests at Rice University in Houston, USA. Research team includes Hugh Herr, Ph.D. and Rodger Kram, Ph.D.
May	Selected in Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World list.
16 May	Court of Arbitration for Sport rule in Pistorius' favour citing that “the athlete is eligible to compete in IAAF-sanctioned events while wearing Össur Flex-Foot Cheetah® prosthesis model”. The report states there is no evidence that Oscar has any net advantage over able-bodied athletes.
16 July	Pistorius finishes third at the Spitzen Leichtathletik meeting in Lucerne with a 400m personal best time of 46.25s but 0.70s outside the Olympic qualifying time.
September	Wins T44 100m, 200m & 400m Paralympic golds in Beijing, setting a new Paralympic record of 47.49s in the 400m.
2010
August	Competes in the London Aviva Grand Prix, setting a new 400m T44 world record of 47.04s in the Paralympic race, before finishing 7th in the able-bodied event.
2011
January	Wins gold medals in the 200m, 400m and 4x400m relay at the IPC Athletics World Championships in New Zealand, but gets the silver medal as he loses his first 100m in seven years to Jerome Singleton.
23 March	Sets personal best of 45.61s to win 400m at Provincial Championships in Pretoria, inside the 'B' qualification standard for the Olympic Games and World Championships.
27 May	Wins the T44 100m race in 11.04s and the 400m in 47.28s at the BT Paralympic World Cup.
31 May	Competes in the IAAF Golden Spike meet in Ostrava, running 46.19s for 400m.
11 June	Runs his second fastest 400m time of 45.69s at Adidas Grand Prix in New York.
08 July	Finishes fifth in time of 45.81s at the Paris Diamond League 400m event.
17 July	Runs 46.65s for 400m in Padova, Italy.
19 July	Wins in a time of 45.07s for 400m in Lignano, Italy to qualify for the IAAF World Championships in Daegu, South Korea.
8 August	Selected in the South African World Championship team for the 400m and 4x400m relay.
28 August	Runs 45.39 in the 400m heats in Daegu to qualify for the semi-final.
29 August	Can only manage a time of 46.19 in the semi-final and fails qualify for the final.
01 September	Ran the opening leg of the 4x400m relay as South Africa advanced to the finals with a national record time of 2 minutes, 59.21 seconds.
02 September	South Africa finish second in the final but Oscar is not selected for the team. He is awarded a silver medal for his performance in the heats and so becomes the first Paralympic athlete to win a World Championship medal.