Blade Runner
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0753540851
ISBN-13
9780753540855
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Imprint
Virgin Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 5th, 2012
Print length
224 Pages
Weight
162 grams
Dimensions
19.80 x 12.60 x 1.50 cms
Product Classification:
Autobiography: sport
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Blade Runner is the inspirational memoir of Oscar Pistorius. It is the one who sits and watches, and has never tried to run.' On discovering that their son had been born with no fibulae, Oscar's parents made the difficult decision to have both his legs amputated, giving him the best possible chance of a normal life.
Blade Runner is the inspirational memoir of Oscar Pistorius. Discover his incredible, emotional journey from disabled toddler to international sports phenomenon.
At eleven months old, Oscar Pistorius had both his legs amputated below the knee. His mother wrote a letter to be read by Oscar when he was grown up: ''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.''
On discovering that their son had been born with no fibulae, Oscar''s parents made the difficult decision to have both his legs amputated, giving him the best possible chance of a normal life. Oscar received his first pair of prosthetic legs at just seventeen months, made specifically for him. From then on he became invincible: running, climbing and, with the encouragement of his older brother, getting into any mischief he could.
Throughout the course of his life Oscar has battled to overcome extraordinary difficulties to prove that, with the right attitude, anything is possible. Now a world-renowned athlete holding two Paralympic world records for the 100m and 200m, Oscar faces his ultimate fight: to fulfil the dream of competing at the 2012 Olympics.
Blade Runner charts the extraordinary development of one of the most gifted sportsmen and inspirational figures on the planet -- from immobilized child to world-class sprinter.
At eleven months old, Oscar Pistorius had both his legs amputated below the knee. His mother wrote a letter to be read by Oscar when he was grown up: ''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.''
On discovering that their son had been born with no fibulae, Oscar''s parents made the difficult decision to have both his legs amputated, giving him the best possible chance of a normal life. Oscar received his first pair of prosthetic legs at just seventeen months, made specifically for him. From then on he became invincible: running, climbing and, with the encouragement of his older brother, getting into any mischief he could.
Throughout the course of his life Oscar has battled to overcome extraordinary difficulties to prove that, with the right attitude, anything is possible. Now a world-renowned athlete holding two Paralympic world records for the 100m and 200m, Oscar faces his ultimate fight: to fulfil the dream of competing at the 2012 Olympics.
Blade Runner charts the extraordinary development of one of the most gifted sportsmen and inspirational figures on the planet -- from immobilized child to world-class sprinter.
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