David Popovici

David Popovici (Romanian pronunciation: ['david 'popovit͡ʃʲ]; born 15 September 2004)[1] is a Romanian competitive swimmer who specialises in the freestyle. At age 16, he broke the world junior record in the 100 m freestyle and the European junior record in the 200 m freestyle. He qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and is the youngest member of the Romanian team.

David Popovici
Popovici in 2021
Personal information
National teamRomania
Born (2004-09-15) 15 September 2004
Bucharest, Romania
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubNY Breakers (ISL)
Dinamo București
CoachAdrian Rădulescu
Medal record
European Championships (SC)
2021 Kazan200 m freestyle
Youth level
European Junior Championships
2021 Rome50 m freestyle
2021 Rome100 m freestyle
2021 Rome200 m freestyle
2021 Rome4×100 m freestyle relay
European Youth Olympic Festival
2019 Baku100 m freestyle
2019 Baku50 m freestyle
2019 Baku200 m freestyle

Career

Popovici broke the 100 m freestyle junior world record twice at the 2021 European Junior Swimming Championships in Rome, Italy. The performance made Popovici the fastest man in the world for 2021, surpassing Kliment Kolesnikov.[2]

He qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and is the youngest member of the Romanian team.[3]

Personal bests

Long course metres (50 m pool)
Event Time Meet Location Date Note
50 m freestyle22.222021 European Junior ChampionshipsRome11 July 2021
100 m freestyle47.302021 European Junior ChampionshipsRome8 July 2021WJR, NR
200 m freestyle1:44.682020 Summer OlympicsTokyo27 July 2021EJR, NR

Short course metres (25 m pool)
Event Time Meet Location Date Note
100 m freestyle46.772021 FINA Swimming World CupKazan29 October 2021
200 m freestyle1:42.122021 European ChampionshipsKazan6 November 2021NR

See also

References
  1. "David Popovici - Portret" (in Romanian). cosr.ro. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. "David Popovici Rockets to 47.30 100 Free, Breaks Own World Junior Record, Fastest Time in the World". Swimming World Magazine. 8 July 2021.
  3. "IL 16ENNE DAVID POPOVICI CONTINUA AD IMPRESSIONARE AL GYOR OPEN" (in Italian). swimswam.com. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
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