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About Silviu Simioncencu
- Silviu Simioncencu (born December 13, 1975 in Crisan, Tulcea) is a Romanian sprint canoer and three-time world champion in the Canadian canoe events. He won his first major title at the European championships in 2002, winning the C2 1000m final with Florin Popescu.
- In 2003 they became world champions at Gainesville, USA.
- Simioncencu was also a member of Romania's C-4 500 m crew which crossed the line second but was later awarded the gold medal after Russian Sergey Ulegin failed a doping test.
- A fourth-place finish in the C-4 200 m was also upgraded to bronze for the same reason. In 2004 Simioncencu also won a C-4 500 m gold medal at the European championships, this time without the aid of disqualifications.
- At the Athens Olympics Simioncencu and Popescu were unlucky to miss a medal, finishing fourth in both C-2 finals (500 m and 1000 m). In 2005, despite having changed two crew members, the Romanians retained their European C-4 title and went on to win the World Championship gold medal at Zagreb. In 2006, Simioncencu won his third consecutive European C-4 500 m title at Racice, Czech Republic.
- At the World Championships in Szeged, Hungary, however the Romanians had to settle for the bronze medal behind Belarus and Poland.
- He won another bronze medal in the C-4 1000 m event at the 2009 championships. Simioncencu is a member of the CSA Steaua Bucharest club.
- He is 180 cm (5'11) tall and weighs 80 kg (176 lbs).
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