Dorel Simion

Boxer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroBoxer
PlacesRomania
isAthlete Boxer
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth1 January 1977, Romania
Age48 years
The details

Biography

Dorel Simion (born February 13, 1977 in Bucureşti) is a Romanian boxer. Simion won the Welterweight bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He is nicknamed "Bombardierul". He qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece by ending up in first place at the 3rd AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Personal

He is the younger brother of Olympian Marian Simion.

Amateur career

His Olympic results were:

  • Defeated Ryan Langham (Australia) 40-15
  • Defeated Mikhail Biarnadski (Belarus) 38-13
  • Lost to Jo Seok-Hwan (South Korea) 35-39
The contents of this page are sourced from Wikipedia article. The contents are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.