STEVE RUSSELL/ TORONTO STAR
K4 Kayaker Steve Jorens of Aurora walks to the boat house as rowers, paddlers and kayakers take to the water for the first time at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing, China. August 7, 2008
Steve Jorens
October 5, 1981
North York, Ontario
Aurora, Ontario
Aurora
Canoe Kayak
6'2"
Steve Jorens Bio
Jorens and teammate Ryan Cuthbert will compete in the K-2 1,000m in Beijing. This will be Jorens' second Olympics, having competed in Athens in 2004, where he placed ninth in the K-4 1,000m and 16th in the K-2 500m.
Career Highlights:
•2007 World Championships - K-4 1,000m - 16th
•2006 World Championships - K-4 1,000m - 7th
•2005 World Championships – K-4 200m – 13th; K-4 500m - 14th; K-4 1,000m – 13th
•2005 Pan American Canoe and Kayak Championships - K-4 200m - 1st; K-4 1,000m – 1st
•2004 Olympic Games - K-2 500m - 16th; K-4 1,000m – 9th
•2003 World Championships – K-2 500m – 7th (Semifinal); K-4 1,000m 18th
•2002 World University Flatwater Championships - K-4 500m - 5th
•2002 World Championships - K-4 200m – 5th (Final B)
•2001 Pan American Canoe Championships - K-1 500m - 3rd; K-1 1,000m - 1st; K-2 200m - 4th; K-2 500m - 2nd; K-2 1,000m - 2nd
Steve Jorens in Photos
August 7, 2008
Steve Russell/ Toronto Star
K4 Kayaker Steve Jorens of Aurora walks to the boat house as rowers, paddlers and kayakers take to the water for the first time at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing, China. August 7, 2008
Canoe Kayak in the News
It turns out Adam van Koeverden simply didn't know how to
handle losing. He took the Olympic silver medal yesterday, overhauled
in his final struggling 100 metres ...
