Florin Popescu
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Florin Popescu (born 30 August 1974 in Iancu Jianu, Olt) is a Romanian canoe sprinter 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 title (C-4 500 m) at the World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.
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- 1974 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Olt County
- Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic canoeists for Romania
- Olympic gold medalists for Romania
- Olympic bronze medalists for Romania
- Romanian male canoeists
- Olympic medalists in canoeing
- ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century Romanian sportsmen