After an exceptional 2022, David Popovici has set his priorities for 2023 and the CS Dinamo Bucharest-registered athlete also wants to get involved in social causes.

David Popovici, the best Romanian athlete of 2022

The 2022 two-time world and European champion, the 18-year-old athlete, posted a message on his official Facebook account on Friday evening to share his goals for the new year.

“Congratulations to all,

I feel like I haven’t been very clear about my future plans in recent weeks, and I think I should answer you. I divide my energy between mental (family, friends), studies and sports.

All three are very important to me so that I can grow as a person and feel that I am doing what I love, what I am passionate about, but also what is right.

The most important thing is family, professional growth is important, and I owe sports sincerely and with understanding.

At the same time, I will be more actively engaged in public affairs in the next period. I really want us to be successful as a country and as people, I want to see as many happy and healthy Romanians as possible.

I feel the need to be more involved, we need to help Romania with success stories and the hope that everyone can succeed and overcome anything.

Let’s support each other, it’s important.

Stay close!” wrote David Popovich.

Know:

• In 2022, 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.

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

David Popovici 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 2022, David Popovich made a double at the World Swimming Championships in Budapest, having managed to prove himself at distances of 100 and 200 meters in freestyle.

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.