Florin Popescu (born August 30, 1974 in Iancu Jianu

Iancu Jianu

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, Olt

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) is a Romania

Romania

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n sprint canoer

Canoe racing

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 who competed from the mid 1990s to 2005. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two Olympic medals at Sydney

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 in 2000

2000 Summer Olympics

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 with teammate Mitică Pricop

Mitica Pricop

Mitică Pricop is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1990s to 2004. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two medals at Sydney in 2000 with a gold in the C-2 1000 m and a bronze in the C-2 500 m events with Florin Popescu...

 (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

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, Croatia.

Popescu is 183 cm (6'0") tall and raced at 79 kg (174 lbs). He lists his interests as football

Football (soccer)

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, motor racing and handball

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. He was voted Romanian Sportsman of the Year in 1993.