David Popovici

2019 EYOF: Grgic, Shanahan & Sabitova Among Day 2 Winners

Nickname(s):	Chlorine Daddy, Skinny Legend
Born:	September 15th, 2004
	Bucharest, Romania
Nationality:	Romanian
Status:	Active

David Popovici is an Olympic champion who represents Romania internationally. He is the former World Record holder in the 100m freestyle (46.86) and World Jr Record Holder in 200 free (1:42.97) as well as the 2022 World Champion in the 100/200 free. He was the fastest 18-Under swimmer in history at just the age of 16. International Career 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival (Baku, Azerbaijan) Popovici jumpstarted his international career at age 14, competing in 3 events at the Euro Youth Summer Olympic Festival. He took gold in the 100 free (49.82, new meet record) while also taking silver in the 50 free (23.03) and 200 free (1:50.93). 2020 Romanian Championships (Bucharest, Romania) Popovici made noise at his national championships in 2020, posting a 49.26 for a huge PB in the 100 free. This gave him the FINA 'A' cut as well as made him faster than Caeleb Dressel was at age 16. David Popovici on the SwimSwam Podcast Soon after these championships, SwimSwam sat down with Popovici to speak with him about his training through the COVID-19 Pandemic on an episode of the SwimSwam Podcast, which you can listen to here. In this episode, Popovici speaks on wanting to be the fastest 16-year-old in history. 2021 …

2019 EYOF: Grgic, Shanahan & Sabitova Among Day 2 Winners

Franko Grgic of Croatia put up his 2nd fastest 1500m freestyle ever to crack a EYOF Record and carry home gold tonight in Baku.

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2019 EYOF: Grgic, Shanahan & Sabitova Among Day 2 Winners

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