March 2004: The “Blade Runner” improves his 100m sprint time further to 11.51secs at an open competition at the Pilditch Stadium in Pretoria.

September 2004: Pistorius, 17, impresses at the 2004 Paralympics, winning the T44 200m race in 21.97secs; and wins bronze in the T44 100m final with a time of 11.16secs. Pistorius also wins the court case that allowed him to compete against able- bodied runners.

May 2005: Pistorius wins gold in the T44 100m and 200m events at the BT Paralympic World Cup in Manchester, London.

November 2006: Pistorius is presented the Order of Ikhamanga in Bronze by President Thabo Mbeki for outstanding achievement in sports.

January 2008: Pistorius defends his use of prosthetic blades against International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) that claimed the blades gave him an advantage over able-bodied athletes.

May 2008: Court of Arbitration for Sport rule in Pistorius’s favour citing that “the athlete is eligible to compete in IAAF-sanctioned events while wearing Össur Flex- Foot Cheetah® prosthesis model”. The report states that there is no evidence that Pistorius has any net advantage over able-bodied athletes.

May 2008: Pistorius makes number 23 on the Time 100 list, Time magazine’s annual list of the world’s most influential people.

September 2008: At Beijing Paralympics, Pistorius wins the sprint treble, the 100m, 200m and 400m.

August 2011: Pistorius finished third in the IAAF World Championships in Daegu with a time of 45.39secs, his second fastest time, to qualify for the semi-final. The semi-final saw him finish in eighth position in 46.19secs.

November 2011: Pistorius named GQ South Africa’s Best Dressed Man of the Year. February 2012: The “Blade Runner” is awarded the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability for 2012.

August 2012: Pistorius becomes the first double amputee to compete in the semi-finals of the 400m sprint at the London Olympics. LOWS

June 2003: Pistorius shatters his knee playing rugby for Pretoria Boys High School and is ruled out of sport for three months.

November 2003: He begins injury rehabilitation at the Sports Science Institute at the University of Pretoria under the guidance of athletics coach Ampie Louw.

December 2007: IAAF bans Pistorius from all able-bodied athletics competitions, saying that he has an unfair advantage running with his trademark prosthetic blades.

February 2009: Pistorius suffers serious head and facial injuries in a boat accident on the Vaal River in Johannesburg. He remained in intensive care for five days.

February 2009: Police investigate a case of reckless and negligent driving after Pistorius’s boating accident. The case was not pursued by police.

September 2009: Pistorius detained by police after allegedly assaulting a woman who had attended a gathering at his Silver Woods home. The assault charge was dropped due to lack of evidence.

September 2012: Pistorius verbally attacks Brazilian Alan Oliveira after losing the T44 200m title to Oliveira in the 2012 Paralympics. Pistorius later apologised.

November 2012: TV producer Quinton Van der Burgh opens a case of intimidation against Pistorius, after Pistorius accused Van der Burgh of committing infidelity with his 18-year-old girlfriend.

November 2012: Pistorius reportedly threatens to break Marc Batchelor’s legs after he came to the defence of his friend, Van der Burgh.

November 2012: Samantha Taylor, Pistorius’s former girlfriend, accuses him of being a philanderer and “the ultimate player”.