Marian Simion
Encyclopedia
Marian Simion is a Romania
n 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
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He is the older brother of Olympic boxer Dorel Simion
. Simion qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics
by ending up in first place at the 2nd AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
in Warsaw, Poland.
2000
2004
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
, who competed in the Light Middleweight (71 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
and won the silver medal. He repeated that feat one year later, at the 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships
2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Belfast, Northern Ireland, from June 3 to June 10. The competition was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing International Boxing Association...
in Belfast
Belfast
Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...
after having won the world title at the previous tournament
1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Houston, United States from August 15 to August 29. The tenth edition of this competition, a year before the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing AIBA.- Medal winners :-...
in Houston, Texas
Houston, Texas
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...
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He is the older brother of Olympic boxer Dorel Simion
Dorel Simion
Dorel Simion is a Romanian boxer. Simion won the Welterweight bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He is nicknamed "Bombardierul"...
. Simion qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
by ending up in first place at the 2nd AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
2nd AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
The 2nd AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament was held in Warsaw, Poland from March 30 to April 4, 2004 at the annual Feliks Stamm Boxing Tournament...
in Warsaw, Poland.
Olympic results
1996- Defeated Hussein Bayram (France) 13-6
- Defeated Fernando VargasFernando VargasFernando Vargas is a retired Mexican American boxer and two-time world champion, who won a bronze medal as an amateur at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata. His nicknames include "Ferocious", "The Aztec Warrior" and "El Feroz"...
(United States) 8-7 - Defeated Hassan Al (Denmark) 16-8
- Lost to Juan Hernández SierraJuan Hernández SierraJuan Hernández Sierra is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the welterweight Juan Hernández Sierra (born March 16, 1969) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the welterweight Juan Hernández Sierra (born March 16, 1969) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the welterweight...
(Cuba) 7-20
2000
- Defeated Ciro di Corcia (Italy) 19-8
- Defeated José Luis ZertucheJose Luis ZertucheJosé Luis Zertuche Chávez is a Mexican boxer in the Middleweight division. José luis was a former IBA Middleweight Champion.-Amateur career:...
(Mexico) RSC 3 - Defeated Frédéric EstherFrédéric EstherFrédéric Esther is a boxer from France, competing in the middleweight division. He represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where he was stopped in the quarterfinales of the light middleweight division by eventual silver medalist Marian Simion of...
(France) RSC 3 - Defeated Pornchai ThongburanPornchai ThongburanPornchai Thongburan is a boxer from Thailand who competed in the Light Middleweight at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal.- Olympic results :*1st round bye...
(Thailand) 26-16 - Lost to Yermakhan IbraimovYermakhan IbraimovYermakhan Ibraimov is a Kazakh boxer who competed in the Light Middleweight at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal. Four years earlier, at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he captured the bronze medal...
(Kazakhstan) 23-25
2004
- Lost to Ramadan YasserRamadan YasserRamadan Yasser Abdel Ghaffar is a boxer from Egypt.-Career:Yasser won the gold medal in the men's middleweight division at the 1999 All-Africa Games and went to the Olympics 2000 where he lost his first match 7:8 to Korea's Im Jeong-Bin...
(Egypt) 29-36