Florin Popescu (born 30 August 1974 in Iancu Jianu, Olt) is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1990s to 2005. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two Olympic medals at Sydney in 2000 with teammate Mitică Pricop (gold: C-2 1000 m, bronze: C-2 500 m). He won a total of seven world championship gold medals (and nineteen total) as well as seven European championship golds, making him the most successful Romanian paddler of modern times.

Injury forced Popescu to retire at the end of the 2005 season after winning his seventh world *le (C-4 500 m) at the World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.

Popescu is 183:cm (6'0") tall and raced at 79:kg (174:lbs). He lists his interests as football, motor racing and handball. He was voted Romanian Sportsman of the Year in 1993.

References

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: fla*er (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05). Additional archives: Wayback Machine.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of fla*er (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
• Florin Popescu at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

External links

• Florin Popescu at the International Olympic Committee