Dorel Simion
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| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Representing File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania | ||
| Men's Boxing | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Bronze medal – third place | 2000 Sydney | Welterweight |
| World Amateur Championships | ||
| Gold medal – first place | 1997 Budapest | Light Welterweight |
| European Amateur Championships | ||
| Gold medal – first place | 1998 Minsk | Light Welterweight |
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Dorel Simion (born 13 February 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.[1]
Personal
[edit | edit source]Simion is the younger brother of Olympian Marian Simion. Their family is of Romani descent.[2]
Amateur career
[edit | edit source]His 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
References
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Categories:
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic boxers for Romania
- Olympic bronze medalists for Romania
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Romanian male boxers
- IBA Men's World Boxing Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Welterweight boxers
- Romanian Romani people
- Romani sportspeople
- Boxers from Bucharest
- 20th-century Romanian sportsmen
- Romanian Olympic medalist stubs
- Romanian boxing biography stubs