Achievements Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won three medals with two gold (C-2 1000 m: 1980, 1984) and one silver (C-2 500 m: 1984). Simionov also won nine medals at the International Coach Federation Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds (C-2 1000 m: 1981, 1983. C-2 10000 m: 1982), four silvers (C-2 1000 m: 1978, C-2 10000 m: 1978, 1981, 1983), and two bronzes (C-2 500 m: 1978, C-2 1000 m: 1979).