Marian Simion

Marian Simion

File:Марьян ,УТС Молдова 2013,.jpg Marian Simion in 2013
Personal information
Born	14 September 1975 (1975-09-14) (age 50)
Medal record Men's Boxing Representing Romania Olympic Games Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Light Middleweight Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta Welterweight World Amateur Championships Gold medal – first place 1999 Houston Light Middleweight Silver medal – second place 2001 Belfast Light Middleweight Bronze medal – third place 1997 Budapest Welterweight European Amateur Championships Silver medal – second place 1996 Vejle Welterweight Bronze medal – third place 1998 Minsk Welterweight Bronze medal – third place 2002 Perm Light Middleweight EU Amateur Championships Gold medal – first place 2004 Madrid Middleweight Goodwill Games Silver medal – second place 2001 Brisbane Light Middleweight

Marian Simion (born 14 September 1975 in București) 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, United States.

He is the older brother of Olympic boxer Dorel Simion. Simion qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics by topping the 2nd AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Warsaw, Poland. His EU Amateur Championships medals include a gold in 2004, a silver in 1996 and bronze in 1998 and 2002.

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

2004

• Lost to Ramadan Yasser (Egypt) 29-36