David Popovic had an incredible year: after winning the European and World titles in the 100m and 200m freestyle, the Romanian swimmer was ranked 9th in the ranking of the best European athletes of 2022, and the swimming website SwimSwam recognized him as the best swimmer in the world. recently completed year. h2: David Popovici, SwimSwam’s 2022 Swimmer of the Year

“In this post-Olympic year, many new faces appeared in top men’s swimming. Seven swimmers broke individual world records, and eight won multiple titles in individual events at the World Swimming Championships. But none of these swimmers and their performances shook the world of swimming as much as the sensational teenager David Popovich,” announced SwimSwam, according to Agerpres.

For these “Swammy Awards,” the writers decided the winners mostly based on statistics, such as the number of gold medals or world records broken, and this year Popovici broke as many world records as the other seven and won the same number of individual medals in the Olympic pool such as swimmers such as Christophe Millac and Leon Marchand.

18-year-old David Popowicz took 9th place in the December ranking of the best European female athletes in 2022, scoring 37 points in a poll by the Polish news agency PAP.