Birth Place: | Cuptoare, Romania[1] |
Height: | 170 cm |
Sport: | Greco-Roman wrestling |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Simion Popescu (born 11 August 1940) is a retired Greco-Roman wrestler from Romania. He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1968. At the world championships he won a gold medal in 1969, placing second in 1967 and 1970.[1] After retiring from competitions he worked as a wrestling coach at the club Rapid Bucuresti.[2]