Dorel Simion

Dorel Simion
Medal record

Representing Romania
Men’s Boxing
Olympic Games
	2000 Sydney	Welterweight
World Amateur Championships
	1997 Budapest	Light Welterweight
European Amateur Championships
	1998 Minsk	Light Welterweight

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.

His Olympic results were:

World Amateur Boxing Champions in Men's Light Welterweight

1974 – 2001: up to 63,5 kg 2003 – 2011: up to 64 kg

1974: Ayub Kalule (UGA) 1978: Valery Lvov (URS) 1982: Carlos García (CUB) 1986: Vassili Shyshov (URS) 1989: Igor Ruzhnikov (URS) 1991: Konstantin Tszyu (URS) 1993: Héctor Vinent (CUB) 1995: Héctor Vinent (CUB) 1997: Dorel Simion (ROM) 1999: Mahammatkodir Abdoollayev (UZB) 2001: Diógenes Luna (CUB) 2003: Willy Blain (FRA) 2005: Serik Sapiyev (KAZ) 2007: Serik Sapiyev (KAZ) 2009: Roniel Iglesias (CUB) 2011: Éverton Lopes (BRA) 2013: Merey Akshalov (KAZ)

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