Marian Simion
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Medal record | |||
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Competitor for Romania | |||
Men’s Boxing | |||
Olympic Games | |||
Bronze | 1996 Atlanta | Welterweight | |
Silver | 2000 Sydney | Light Middleweight | |
World Amateur Championships | |||
Bronze | 1997 Budapest | Welterweight | |
Gold | 1999 Houston | Light Middleweight | |
Silver | 2001 Belfast | Light Middleweight | |
European Amateur Championships | |||
Silver | 1996 Vejle | Welterweight | |
Bronze | 1998 Minsk | Welterweight | |
Bronze | 2002 Perm | Light Middleweight | |
EU Amateur Championships | |||
Gold | 2004 Madrid | Middleweight |
Marian Simion (born September 14, 1975) is a Romanian boxer, who competed in the Light Middleweight (71 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal. He repeated that feat one year later, at the 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Belfast after having won the world title at the previous tournament in Houston, Texas.
[edit] Olympic Results
1996
- Defeated Hussein Bayram (France) 13-6
- Defeated Fernando Vargas (United States) 8-7
- Defeated Hassan Al (Denmark) 16-8
- Lost to Juan Hernández Sierra (Cuba) 7-20
2000
- Defeated Ciro di Corcia (Italy) 19-8
- Defeated José Luis Zertuche (Mexico) RSC 3
- Defeated Frédéric Esther (France) RSC 3
- Defeated Pornchai Thongburan (Thailand) 26-16
- Lost to Yermakhan Ibraimov (Kazakhstan) 23-25
[edit] Personal
He is the older brother of Olympian Dorel Simion.