Mircea Șimon
Born (1954-01-22) 22 January 1954
Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania[1]
Statistics
Weight(s)Heavyweight
Height191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights14
Wins12
Wins by KO10
Losses0
Draws2
Medal record
Representing  Romania
Romania National Amateur Boxing Championships
Gold medal – first place 1974 Bucharest Light heavyweight
Gold medal – first place 1975 Bucharest Heavyweight
Gold medal – first place 1976 Bucharest Heavyweight
Gold medal – first place 1977 Bucharest Heavyweight
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1976 Montreal Heavyweight
European Amateur Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1975 Katowice Heavyweight
Bronze medal – third place 1977 Halle Heavyweight

Mircea Șimon (born 22 January 1954) is a retired Romanian heavyweight boxer. He took up boxing in 1971 at Dinamo Bucharest, coached by Constantin Nour, and won a silver medal at the 1976 Olympics,[2] losing to Teófilo Stevenson in the final. Șimon also won four national senior titles and two bronze medals at the European Amateur Boxing Championships. In 1978 he fled to the United States, where in 1978–1979 he fought 14 bouts as a professional with a record of 12 wins and two draws.[3] He later returned to Romania and coached Marian and Dorel Simion. He then took a break from boxing for ten years, and in 2007 worked with Romanian Boxing Federation to prepare the national team for the 2008 Olympics.[4]

Professional record

References

  1. Mircea Șimon. sports-reference.com
  2. "Mircea Şimon – Românul care a rezistat două reprize în faţa lui Stevenson" (in Romanian). Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  3. Boxing record for Mircea Șimon from BoxRec (registration required)
  4. Mircea Șimon. Romanian Olympic Committee
  5. "BoxRec: Login".
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