World champion David Popovici is in tenth place in L’Equipe’s ranking of the best athletes of 2022.
Ranking (points obtained by each athlete): 1. Lionel Messi (Argentina/football) 808 points, 2. Kylian Mbappe (France/football) 381, 3. Rafael Nadal (Spain/tennis) 285, 4. Remco Evenepoel (Belgium/ cycling) 252, 5. Max Verstappen (Netherlands/Formula 1) 196, 6. Karim Benzema (France/football) 195, 7. Armand Duplantis (Sweden/athletics) 185, 8. Stephen Curry (USA/basketball) 139, 9 Antoine Dupont (France/rugby) 105, 10. David Popovici (Romania/swimming) 98.
David Popovicia finished 2022 on the podium, in December being at the World Championship in the short course. Here he won the silver medal in the 200-meter freestyle, even if the events in the short 25-meter pool are not his specialty.
David Popovici is in the L’Equipe list of the best athletes of 2022! Where is the Romanian swimmer?
Popovici broke records and became world champion in 2022, and now has his sights set on Olympic medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
David Popovici Medals in 2022:
Gold at the Senior World Championship – 100 m freestyle
Gold at the Senior World Championship – 200 m freestyle
Gold at the European Junior Championship – 50 m freestyle
Gold at the European Junior Championship – 100 m freestyle
Gold at the European Junior Championship – 200 m freestyle
Gold at the European Junior Championship – 4×100 m freestyle
Silver at the European Junior Championship – 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Gold at the European Championship for seniors – 100 m freestyle
Gold at the European Championship for seniors – 200 m freestyle
Gold at the World Junior Championship – 100 m freestyle
Gold at the World Junior Championship – 200 m freestyle
Gold at the World Junior Championship – 4×100 m freestyle
Silver at the World Junior Championship – 4×100 m freestyle medley
Gold in the 400-meter freestyle at the short-course (25-meter) swimming NC from Otopeni
Gold in the 100 meter free trial at CN Swimming in the short pool from Otopeni
Gold in the 200 meter freestyle at the short course swimming CN from Otopeni
Silver in the 100 meters mixed at the CN short course swimming from Otopeni
Silver in the 100 meter butterfly at the short pool swimming CN from Otopeni
Silver in the 200 meters freestyle at the World Short Course Championships
