A biography for Alan Oliveirahasn’t been written yet.
“People used to name me the Brazilian Pistorius. Thank God I'm not the Brazilian Pistorius any more. I'm Alan.”
“In 2008, Pistorius was the only guy who could run under 22 seconds at 200 m. So I said I would run as fast as that in London. I practised; I trained.”
“Nobody who has even kicked a ball in the street likes losing.”
“The prostheses do not run the race on their own: there is an athlete who does the work, and the prosthetics do not make a significant difference to the time.”
“What I have to show, I show on the track.”