Misha Zilberman
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Misha Zilberman, Israeli Olympic Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Israel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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30 January 1989[1] Moscow, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Ness Ziona, Israel[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | http://mishazilberman.22web.org/Profile.html | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Badminton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Singles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Kfar Maccabiah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Svetlana & Michael Zilberman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | World Ranking: 40 (September 2015)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Misha Zilberman (Hebrew: מישה זילברמן; born 30 January 1989) is an Israeli badminton player.[3] He competed for Israel at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics, and also represented Israel at the 2015 European Games.
Early and personal life
Zilberman was born in Moscow, Russia.[3][4] He is an only child of his father, Michael, and his mother, Svetlana.[3] His father was born in Russia in 1945, and made aliyah to Israel in 1991, with his wife and son Misha, and worked in Pardes Hannah and then in Rishon LeZion.[4][5] Svetlana was born in Belarus. She began playing badminton at the age of 12, which is how she met Michael, who was her coach.[5][6][7]
Both his parents come from athletic backgrounds. Michael was a member of the Soviet national floor gymnastics team until he retired as the result of an injury. He then became an assistant coach to the Soviet national team in badminton. Svetlana plays professional badminton.[3][5][7][8] Her greatest accomplishment was winning a bronze medal in the 1986 European Badminton Championships for the USSR.[3][5][6]
He served in the Israel Defense Forces from August 2007 to August 2010.[9] He lives in Ness Ziona, Israel.[2]
Badminton career
When Misha was still a baby he used to join his mother at her badminton practice, and with time he began playing himself.[6][10] At the age of 12 he began his serious daily training.[4][6][10] He began to compete in junior badminton tournaments in 2003.[2][3] His club is Kfar Maccabiah.[3] He is coached by both his parents, as his mother coaches him, and his father is head coach of Israel's national badminton team.[3][4][5][7]
He won the senior Israeli Badminton Championship when he was 16 years old, in 2004.[5][11] In 2006 and 2009 he played mixed doubles with his mother at the Badminton World Championships, as the Championships' first mother-son mixed doubles team.[4][12]
In 2011, he competed for six months for Odense in the professional league in Denmark.[4] In April 2012 he reached the finals of the Tahiti Air Nui International, improving his world ranking by 14 places.[5][13][14] In 2012, he won the Israeli Badminton Championship in both singles and mixed doubles (with his mother).[15] In May 2012 he was ranked # 64 internationally.[6]
He competed for Israel at the 2012 Summer Olympics, the first appearance by an Israeli badminton player in the Olympics.[7][10][16] Ranked 33rd in the Olympic rankings in singles, he came in 33rd in the Games.[3][5]
In July 2013 he won two gold medals at the 2013 Maccabiah Games, one in singles, one in mixed doubles with his mother.[7] In May 2015, he competed in mixed doubles with his mother, who was 56 years old, at the Dongguan, China – 2015 Vivo BWF Sudirman Cup.[17]
He represented Israel at the 2015 European Games in badminton in Men's singles.[3][6] He lost in the Round of 16 to Zvonimir Đurkinjak of Croatia in three sets.[3]
He competed for Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics in badminton.[18][18] He garnered Israel's first-ever win in Olympic badminton, beating Yuhan Tan of Belgium 22-20 and 22-12, but went 1-1 in his group and did not advance to the Round of 16.[18][19][20]
References
- ↑ "BBC Sport – London 2012 Olympics – Misha Zilberman : Israel, Badminton". bbc.co.uk.
- 1 2 3 4 "Misha ZILBERMAN". alltournaments.co.uk.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Baku 2015 1St European Games – Athletes – ZILBERMAN Misha". Baku 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Zilberman plants Israeli flag on badminton map". Reuters.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Arie Livnat (22 July 2012). "Birdie in hand, Olympics in bush: Israel's self-made badminton champ". Haaretz.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Introducing Israel's Olympians: Misha Zilberman". The Jerusalem Post.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Norm Nixon coaching Australia's Masters". The Jerusalem Post.
- ↑ "Singapore Survive Spanish Assault – Vivo BWF Sudirman Cup Day 1 Session 1". Badminton World Federation.
- ↑ "Misha Zilberman's Official website". 22web.org.
- 1 2 3 "Meet Team Israel: Misha Zilberman". The Times of Israel.
- ↑ "Players Profile – Misha ZILBERMAN". BWF World Superseries.
- ↑ Rod Gilmour (22 July 2009). "Nathan Robertson and Anthony Clark aim for success at World Championships". The Telegraph.
- ↑ "TAHITI INT'L – No final kick for Bruce-Li". Badzine.net.
- ↑ "Israeli Athlete Adds Name to Olympic List in London". Algemeiner.com.
- ↑ "BadmintonEurope.com – Israel". badmintoneurope.com.
- ↑ "Medal Count – Olympic Results & Medalists – IOC". london2012.com.
- ↑ "Intriguing Badminton in Dongguan – Vivo BWF Sudirman Cup 2015". Badminton World Federation.
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