Steve Orens

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Steve Orens
Medal record
Paralympic athletics
Representing Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Paralympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996 Atlanta 800 metres - T52
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2000 Sydney 5000 metres - T52-53
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2000 Sydney 10000 metres - T52-53

Steve Orens is a Paralympian athlete from Belgium competing mainly in category T52 long-distance events.

Steve competed in the 1992 Paralympics in Barcelona in the TW3 class 400m and 800m and the combined TW3-4 1500m and 5000m. It was in the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta that he won his medals, a gold in the T52 800m and silvers in the T52-53 5000m and 10000m.


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