Dorel Simion (born February 13, 1977, in București) is a Romanian boxer. Simion won the Welterweight bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He also won gold at the 1997 World Championships and 1998 European Championships.
Medal record | ||
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Representing | ||
Men's Boxing | ||
Olympic Games | ||
2000 Sydney | Welterweight | |
World Amateur Championships | ||
1997 Budapest | Light Welterweight | |
European Amateur Championships | ||
1998 Minsk | Light Welterweight |
Personal
editSimion is the younger brother of Olympian Marian Simion. Their family is of Romani descent.[1]
Amateur career
editHis Olympic results were:
- Defeated Ruben Fuchu (Puerto Rico) RSCO 3
- Defeated Roberto Guerra (Cuba) 11–7
- Defeated Steven Kuchler (Germany) 26–14
- Lost to Oleg Saitov (Russia) 19–10
External links
edit- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dorel Simion". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-03-02.