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{{short description|Romanian boxer}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|name=Marian Simion
|image=Марьян ,УТС Молдова 2013,.jpg
|caption=Marian Simion in 2013
|birth_date={{birth-date and age|14 September 1975}}
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|death_date=
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|show-medals=yes
|medaltemplates={{MedalSport | Men's [[Boxing]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ROM}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Boxing at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Light middleweight|Light Middleweight]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Welterweight|Welterweight]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Amateur Boxing Championships|World Amateur Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships|1999 Houston]] | Light Middleweight}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships|2001 Belfast]] | Light Middleweight}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships|1997 Budapest]] | Welterweight}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Amateur Boxing Championships|European Amateur Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships|1996 Vejle]] | Welterweight}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1998 European Amateur Boxing Championships|1998 Minsk]] | Welterweight}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2002 European Amateur Boxing Championships|2002 Perm]] | Light Middleweight}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Union Amateur Boxing Championships|EU Amateur Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2004 European Union Amateur Boxing Championships|2004 Madrid]] | Middleweight}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Goodwill Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver |[[2001 Goodwill Games|2001 Brisbane]]|[[Boxing at the 2001 Goodwill Games|Light Middleweight]]}}
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'''Marian Simion''' (born 14 September 1975 in [[București]]) is a [[Romania]]n [[boxing|boxer]], who competed in the Light Middleweight (71&nbsp;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 [[1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships|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==
*{{Sports-Reference|si/marian-simion-1}}

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[[Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Romania]]
[[Category:Welterweight boxers]]
[[Category:Romanian Romani people]]
[[Category:20th-century Romanian sportsmen]]


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