At the 2012 London Olympics, before 80,000 roaring fans and a constellation of camera flashes, it took Oscar Pistorius 45.44 seconds to become a global icon. The South African's 400-metre sprint was the first time in history that a double-amputee had raced at the Olympic Games.

Olympic hero, murder convict, free man: Oscar Pistorius the Paralympian who loved fast cars, guns and women

South Africa’s Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius was denied parole in the Reeva Steenkamp murder case on Friday, March 31. Steenkamp, a model and girlfriend of Pistorius, was killed by the latter in the early hours of Valentine's Day 2013, firing four times through the bathroom door of his ultra-secure Pretoria house, in a killing that shocked the world.

Oscar Pistorius denied parole in Reeva Steenkamp murder case; to stay behind the bars

A parole hearing began Friday that could see South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius released from prison early, a decade after he shot and killed his girlfriend.

Reeva Steenkamp's lawyers set to oppose Oscar Pistorius' bail plea, stating 'he has shown no remorse'

South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius, who was jailed for 13 years for murdering his girlfriend, has asked the courts to force prison authorities to consider him for parole, a lawyer said Wednesday.

South Africa's Paralympian Oscar Pistorius presses hard for parole, goes to court

Eight years after he shot dead his girlfriend, Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius is up for parole, but first he must meet with her parents. Pistorius, a world-famous double-amputee athlete who competed at the 2012 Olympics, has been eligible for parole since July after he was convicted of murder for shooting model Reva Steenkamp multiple times through a toilet door in his home on Valentine's Day 2013.

South Africa's tainted Olympian Oscar Pistorius up for parole, must meet parents of girlfriend he killed

'Public opinion may be loud and persistent, but it can play no role in the decision of this court', Judge Thokozile Masipa said

Oscar Pistorius jailed for six years for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp