David Popovici Donates His 2024 Olympics Gear for Charity

The Olympic swimming champion David Popovici decided to donate his prize-winning equipment from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in order to raise 115,000 euros, the amount needed for the construction of a family home that will receive children with special needs from the last placement center in the District 5, Bucharest.

11 children with special needs would benefit from the humanitarian campaign in which Popovici was involved.

“David Popovici, double world champion and Olympic swimming champion, donates to the Hope and Homes for Children Foundation the equipment worn on the podium at this year’s Paris Olympics. The t-shirt, blouse and sweatpants, along with the sports shoes, are the personal items that David is offering with the aim of collecting 115,000 euros from the total amount needed to build a family home for 11 children with special needs from the last placement center in the sector 5, Bucharest. The equipment will be exhibited during the campaign period, for 10 days, in AFI Cotroceni, on the ground floor, in the atrium at the main entrance. Anyone who wants to join David is invited to make a donation of at least 50 lei on the campaign page, between September 30 and October 9, 2024. The winner of the prize equipment will be determined by drawing lots at the end of the campaign, and will receive the award from David Popovici himself,” states a press release.

The Romanian champ explained the gesture of getting involved in the humanitarian campaign by the fact that there are “more important and quieter battles”.

“The emotion of being on the podium, at the 2024 Olympic Games, proudly wearing the tricolor, will forever remain in my heart I felt you by my side and I thank you! And today, I wish from my heart to have you close again, because, beyond the victories that are measured in medals, there are other battles – more important, but quieter -. which are rarely seen, but which have a huge impact. From my heart, for the home of 11 children, today I happily donate the equipment I wore on the catwalk, so that they can grow up in a warm environment adapted to their needs 11,500 good people are needed to donate at least 50 lei for us, together, to raise a quarter of the money needed for Hope and Homes to build the house, but in reality, I think there are many more And for that, thank you!” said David Popovici.