Romania finished the World Junior Swimming Championships in Lima (Peru) with eight medals: four gold, two silver and two bronze, ending the competition in fourth place in the medal standings.

Romania, an extraordinary result at the Junior World Championship in Lima

Romania won eight medals at the World Championships in Lima:

• Gold at the distance of 100 m freestyle (David Popovichi)

• Gold at the distance of 200 m freestyle (David Popovichi)

• Gold in women’s 50 m freestyle (Bianca Costea)

• Gold in the men’s 4×100 m freestyle relay (David Popovici, Alexandru Constantinescu, Stefan Kozma and Patrick Sebastian Dinu)

• Silver at the distance of 400 m freestyle (Vlad Stanku)

• Silver in the 4x100m freestyle medley relay (David Popovici, Patrick Sebastian Dinu, Bianca Costea and Rebecca Diaconescu)

• Bronze in men’s 800 m freestyle (Vlad Stanku)

• Bronze at the distance of 1500 m freestyle among men (Vlad Stanku).

Top 10 countries in the medal count of the World Junior Swimming Championships in Peru

1. Japan – 7 gold – 8 silver – 4 bronze

2. Hungary – 7 – 7 – 0

3. Poland – 7 – 1 – 6

4. Romania – 4 – 2 – 2

4. Turkey – 4 – 2 – 2

6. Spain – 3 – 1 – 2

7. Portugal – ​​3 – 0 -0

8. Italy – ​​2 – 8 – 10

9. Brazil – ​​1 – 3 – 1

9. South Africa 1-3-1

However, the USA, Australia, Canada and China did not compete in Lima.

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David Popovici, two-time European and world champion in the summer of 2022

The Romanian won the World Junior Swimming Championships in Peru in the 100m and 200m freestyle and led the world to gold in the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay.

David Popovici also won two gold medals at the European Swimming Championships in Rome, our athlete was unstoppable in the 100m freestyle and also in the 200m freestyle.

We will remind you that in June of this year, David Popovichi did a double at the World Swimming Championships in Budapest, he managed to prove himself at distances of 100 and 200 m free swimming.

During the entire World Swimming Championships, only one athlete managed to win the 100-meter and 200-meter freestyle events from the same edition.

It happened 49 years ago, and the person celebrating this feat is called Jim Montgomery (USA – he is now 67 years old). That year, the competition was hosted by Belgrade.

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