David Popovici had a fantastic year in 2022: the Romanian swimmer managed, among other things, to break several records and become the European and world champion in the distances of 100 and 200 meters freestyle.

David Popovich: Doubt and uncertainty can make you stronger

The great champion wanted to share a message with sports fans at the end of the year, Popovici said that he realized that he is much stronger than he thought and that doubts and insecurities can make you stronger.

David recently returned from Australia, where he achieved another important result: a silver medal in the 200m freestyle at the World Short Course Championships.

“I know I look or sound very confident most of the time, but going into the World Short Course I was doubting myself and my abilities.

Before I started, I was just trying to be realistic about what I could achieve, knowing that I don’t like swimming in the short pool, and I’m not very good at it either.

However, when I started, I realized that I was much stronger than I had imagined and that it was all in my head.

In the end, I managed to set a final junior world record in the 100m freestyle and a silver medal in the 200m freestyle, proving to me once again that doubts and insecurities can make you stronger.

Thank you all for a great year, it was the perfect way to end it” – Davyd Popovychin a personal Instagram account.

Know:

• This year, David Popovici won gold in the 100m freestyle and 200m freestyle at both the European Senior Championships and the World Senior Championships in the Olympic pool.

• David Popovich won 14 medals at the five major events he competed in in 2022. 11 of them are gold.

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

David Popovichi won two gold medals at the European Swimming Championships in Rome, and our athlete was unstoppable in the queen’s distance in the 100-meter freestyleand also in the fact that 200 m free.

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

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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