David Popovici won the second medal for the Romanian delegation at the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Otopeni. The Romanian finished third in the 100m freestyle final.

Davyd Popovichi became the bronze medalist of the European Short Course Swimming Championship

David Popovici won a bronze medal in the 100-meter freestyle at the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Otopeni.

After qualifying sixth in the event’s final, the CS Dinamo Bucharest-registered athlete finished third, stopping the clock at 46.05 seconds.

David Popovichi started the race quite modestly, was the last after the first length of the pool, but in the last 25 meters he recovered remarkably and took the bronze medal.

Gold went to Maxim Grusse (French, 45.46 seconds), Alessandro Miressi (Italian, 45.51) finished second.

This is the second medal for Romania at the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Otopeni, after Andrii Ungur’s bronze in the 100m backstroke.

Romania’s short distance swim meet from Otopeni

WOMAN: Diana Stiger, Ioana Styrbu, Issia Prisekariu, Brigitta Wass, Maisa Ratsiou, Anastasia Bako, Daria Silishtianu.

MAN: David Popovichi, Vlad Stancu, Andrey Angel, Patrick Dinu, Darius Coman, Robert Badea, Denis Popescu, Andrey Ungur, Mihai Gergeli, Daniel Nikusan, Vlad Mihalace, Andrey Proka, Nandor Nagy, Aleksandra Stoyka.

Romania will host the 22nd European Junior Short Course Championships from 5 to 10 December 2023 at the Otopeni Sports Complex.