Gheorghe Simionov

Gheorghe Simionov
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Silver 1976 Montreal C-2 1000 m
World Championships
Gold 1966 East Berlin C-2 10000 m
Gold 1970 Copenhagen C-2 10000 m
Gold 1971 Belgrade C-2 500 m
Silver 1973 Tampere C-2 500 m
Silver 1974 Mexico City C-2 500 m
Silver 1975 Belgrade C-2 1000 m
Silver 1978 Belgrade C-2 1000 m
Silver 1978 Belgrade C-2 10000 m
Bronze 1978 Belgrade C-2 500 m
Bronze 1979 Duisburg C-2 1000 m

Gheorghe Simionov (born June 4, 1950) is a former Romanian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1960s to the late 1970s. He won a silver in the C-2 1000 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

Simionov also won ten medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds (C-2 500 m: 1971; C-2 10000 m: 1966, 1970), five silvers (C-2 500 m: 1973, 1974; C-2 1000 m: 1975, 1978; C-2 10000 m: 1978), and two bronzes (C-2 500 m: 1978, C-2 1000 m: 1979).

He is the brother of Toma Simionov.

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