Mircea Șimon

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]

Statistics
Weight(s)	Heavyweight
Height	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Born	(1954-01-22) 22 January 1954 Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania[1]
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	14
Wins	12
Wins by KO	10
Losses	0
Draws	2
Medal record Representing  Romania Romania National Amateur Boxing Championships 1974 Bucharest Light heavyweight 1975 Bucharest Heavyweight 1976 Bucharest Heavyweight 1977 Bucharest Heavyweight Olympic Games 1976 Montreal Heavyweight European Amateur Championships 1975 Katowice Heavyweight 1977 Halle Heavyweight