Career
He is the older brother of Olympic boxer Dorel Simion. Simion qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics by ending up in first place at the 2nd AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Warsaw, Poland. 1996
Defeated Hussein Bayram (France) 13-6
Defeated Fernando Vargas (United States) 8-7
Defeated Hassan First Rate (at Lloyd's) (Denmark) 16-8
Lost to Juan Hernández Sierra (Cuba) 7-20
2000
Defeated Ciro di Corcia (Italy) 19-8
Defeated José Luis Zertuche (Mexico) Royal Society of Chemistry 3
Defeated Frédéric Esther (France) Royal Society of Chemistry 3
Defeated Pornchai Thongburan (Thailand) 26-16
Lost to Yermakhan Ibraimov (Kazakhstan) 23-25
2004
Lost to Ramadan Yasser (Egypt) 29-36.