Florin Popescu had the following podium finishes at the Flatwater World Championships: 1st 1995 C4 1000 m (with Marcel Glăvan, Antonel Borşan, and the non-Olympian Cosmin Paşca), 1st 1997 C4 1000 m (with Marcel Glăvan, Antonel Borşan, and the non-Olympian Cosmin Paşca), 1st 2001 C4 500 m (with the non-Olympians Iosif Anisim, Mihail Vartolemei, and Ionel Averian), 1st 2002 C4 500 m (with Mitică Pricop and non-Olympians Ionel Averian and Mihail Vartolemei), 1st 2003 C2 1000 m (with Silviu Simioncencu), 1st 2003 C4 500 m (with Silviu Simioncencu, Mitică Pricop, and the non-Olympian Petre Condrat), 1st 2005 C4 500 m (with Silviu Simioncencu, Iosif Chirilă, and the non-Olympian Loredan Popa), 2nd 1994 C4 500 m (with Marcel Glăvan, Antonel Borşan, and the non-Olympian Cosmin Paşca), 2nd 1994 C4 1000 m (with Marcel Glăvan, Antonel Borşan, and the non-Olympian Cosmin Paşca), 2nd 1995 C4 500 m (with Marcel Glăvan, Antonel Borşan, and the non-Olympian Cosmin Paşca), 2nd 1997 C4 500 m (with Marcel Glăvan, Antonel Borşan, and the non-Olympian Cosmin Paşca), 2nd 1998 C2 1000 m (with Gheorghe Andriev), 2nd 1998 C4 500 m (with Gheorghe Andriev and the non-Olympians Cosmin Paşca and Ionel Averian), 2nd 1999 C4 500 m (with Mitică Pricop, Gheorghe Andriev, and the non-Olympian Ionel Averian), 2nd 2002 C2 500 m (with Silviu Simioncencu), 2nd 2003 C2 500 m (with Silviu Simioncencu), 3rd 1999 C4 200 m (with Mitică Pricop, Gheorghe Andriev, and the non-Olympian Ionel Averian), 3rd 2001 C2 500 m (with Mitică Pricop), 3rd 2003 C4 200 m (with Silviu Simioncencu, Mitică Pricop, and the non-Olympian Petre Condrat).
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