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David Popovici

Not to be confused with David Popovici (judoka).
David Popovici
KSR
Personal information
National team Romania
Born (2004-09-15) 15 September 2004 (age 20)[1]
Bucharest, Romania
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubCS Dinamo București
CoachAdrian Rădulescu
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Romania
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Summer Olympics 1 0 1
World Championships (LC) 2 0 0
World Championships (SC) 0 1 0
European Championships (LC) 4 0 0
European Championships (SC) 1 0 1
Total 8 1 2
Junior level
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Junior Championships 3 1 0
European Junior Championships 7 2 0
European Youth Olympic Festival 1 2 0
Total 11 5 0
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris 100 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2022 Budapest 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Budapest 200 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place 2022 Melbourne 200 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2022 Rome 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Rome 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2024 Belgrade 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2024 Belgrade 200 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2021 Kazan 200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Otopeni 100 m freestyle
Junior level
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Lima 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Lima 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Lima 4×100 m freestyle relay
Silver medal – second place 2022 Lima 4×100 m mixed freestyle relay
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Rome 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2021 Rome 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2021 Rome 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Otopeni 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Otopeni 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Otopeni 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Otopeni 4×100 m freestyle relay
Silver medal – second place 2021 Rome 4×100 m freestyle relay
Silver medal – second place 2022 Otopeni 4×100 m mixed freestyle relay
European Youth Olympic Festival
Gold medal – first place 2019 Baku 100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2019 Baku 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2019 Baku 200 m freestyle

David Popovici KSR (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈdavid ˈpopovit͡ʃʲ]; born 15 September 2004) is a Romanian competitive swimmer who specializes in freestyle events and is the reigning Olympic champion in the 200-metre event, having won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[2] He is a former world record holder in the long course 100-metre freestyle (performance which still represents the European record and junior world record for that event) and the current junior world record holder in the long course 200-metre freestyle.[3] He also holds the junior world record in the short course 100-metre freestyle.[4]

At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, Popovici won gold medals in his two signature events (Men's 100-metre freestyle and Men's 200-metre freestyle), becoming the first swimmer to do so at the same edition of the World Championships, since Jim Montgomery in 1973.[5] Following his performances during the 2022 long course season, in which he won eleven gold medals and two silver medals, Popovici was voted Male Swimmer of the Year by both SwimSwam and Swimming World Magazine.[6][7] During that summer, he established an unprecedented level of dominance, especially in the long course 100-metre freestyle, recording 13 of the 19-fastest swims in the world in 2022, while also becoming only the third swimmer in history to set an under 1:43 time in the long course 200-metre freestyle.[8] At the 2024 Paris Olympics, he placed third in the 100-metre freestyle, earning the bronze medal, finishing just 0.01 seconds behind Australia's Kyle Chalmers.[9]

  1. ^ David Popovici (in Romanian). Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. ^ Olympics (29 July 2024). "Men's 200m Freestyle - Finals results". Olympics. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  3. ^ David Popovici. SwimSwam. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  4. ^ FINA (15 December 2022). "16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  5. ^ Fleșeru, Roxana (22 June 2022). "BREAKING NEWS DUBLĂ ISTORICĂ! Incredibilul David Popovici câștigă al doilea AUR mondial, după un finiș de senzație! Primul înotător campion la 100m și 200m după 49 de ani" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  6. ^ Serowik, Lauren (1 December 2022). "Swimming World December 2022 – World Swimmers of the Year: David Popovici and Ariarne Titmus – Available Now!". Swimming World. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  7. ^ Li, Yanyan (December 31, 2022). "2022 SWAMMY AWARDS: MALE SWIMMER OF THE YEAR, DAVID POPOVICI". SwimSwam. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
  8. ^ Sutherland, James (February 4, 2023). "SWIMSWAM'S TOP 100 FOR 2023: MEN'S #10-1". SwimSwam. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
  9. ^ Olympics (31 July 2024). "Men's 100m Freestyle - Finals results". Olympics. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
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