Blade Runner

Oscar Pistorius was born with no fibulae. His parents' decision to have both his legs amputated was to give him the best chance of a normal life. His mother wrote him a letter: 'A loser is not one who runs last in the race. It is the one who sits and watches, and has never tried to run.' Running on prosthetic legs, he's now a world-renowned athlete, winning three gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, breaking a Paralympic record for the 200m and a world record for the 400m. His ultimate fight now is to compete at the 2012 Olympics.