The South African paralympic champion is expected to be released from prison in January.
Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius has been granted parole which will take effect on January 5.
The means the South African Paralympic champion will be released more than a decade after he killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in a crime that gripped the world.
Pistorius, 37, appeared before a parole board at a correctional centre outside Pretoria where he is currently detained.
After the hearing o Friday, the board reviewed the ex-athlete's profile to see if he was "suitable or not for social reintegration". The board granted him a parale.
It was Pistorius' second shot at parole in less than eight months. He lost a first bid in March, when the board found he had not completed the minimum detention period required to be let out.
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