Steve Orens
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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.
Paralympian
A Paralympian is an athlete who has participated in the Paralympic Games.A Paralympic athlete has a physical disability. The disability can be amputation, spinal cord injuries, visual impairment or cerebral palsy. An exception is the sighted guides for athletes with a visual impairment...
athlete
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
from Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
competing mainly in category T52 long distance events.
Steve competed in the 1992 Paralympics
1992 Summer Paralympics
The 1992 Summer Paralympics were the ninth Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.- Sports :The games consisted of 487 events spread over fifteen sports. Powerlifting and weightlifting were considered to be a single sport...
in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
in the TW3 class 400m and 800m and the combined TW3-4 1500m and 5000m. It was in the 1996 Summer Paralympics
1996 Summer Paralympics
The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, USA were held from 16 August to 25 August. It was the first Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million....
in Atlanta that he won his medals, a gold in the T52 800m and silvers in the T52-53 5000m and 10000m.