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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
External links
Marian Simion at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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