Misha Zilberman
 Misha Zilberman, Israeli Olympic Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Israel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 January 1989[1] Moscow, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Badminton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Singles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Kfar Maccabiah | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Svetlana Zilberman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | World Ranking: 41 (4 June 2015)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Misha Zilberman (born 30 January 1989) is an Israeli badminton player.[2]
He competed for Israel at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and also represented Israel at the 2015 European Games.
Early life
Zilberman was born in Moscow, Russia.[2][4] He is an only child of his father, Michael, and his mother, Svetlana.[2] His father was born in Russia in 1945, and made aliyah to Israel in 1991, with his wife Svetlana and son Misha.[4] Svetlana was born in Belarus. She began playing badminton at the age of 12, which is how she met Michael who was her coach since that age, and after awhile the two got married.[5][6]
Both his parents come from athletic backgrounds. Michael used to be a gymnast, and coached the Soviet national team in badminton, and Svetlana played and still plays professional badminton.[2][6][7] Her greatest accomplishment was winning a bronze medal in the 1986 European Badminton Championships for the USSR.[2][5] He lives in Ness Ziona, Israel.[3]
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.[5] At the age of 12 he began his serious daily training.[5][4] He began to compete in badminton in 2003, in junior tournaments.[2][3] His club is Kfar Maccabiah.[2] He is coached by both his paretns, as his mother coaches him, and his father is head coach of Israel's national badminton team.[2][6][4]
In 2006 and 2009 he played mixed doubles with his mother at the Badminton World Championships, as the Championships' first-ever mother-son mixed doubles team.[8][4]
In 2011, he competed for half a year in the professional league in Denmark for Odense.[4] In May 2012 he was ranked # 64 in the world in badminton.[5]
He competed for Israel at the 2012 Summer Olympics; the first appearance by an Israeli badminton player in the Olympics.[9][6] He came in 33rd, in singles.[2]
In July 2013 he won two gold medals at the 2013 Maccabiah Games; one in singles, one in mixed doubles with his mother.[6] In May 2015, he was still competing in mixed doubles with his mother, who at that time was 56 years old, at the Dongguan, China – 2015 Vivo BWF Sudirman Cup.[10]
He represented Israel at the 2015 European Games.[2][5] He lost in the Round of 16 to Zvonimir Đurkinjak of Croatia in three sets.[2]
References
- ^ "BBC Sport – London 2012 Olympics – Misha Zilberman : Israel, Badminton". bbc.co.uk.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Baku 2015 1St European Games – Athletes – ZILBERMAN Misha". Baku 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Misha ZILBERMAN". alltournaments.co.uk.
- ^ a b c d e f "Zilberman plants Israeli flag on badminton map". Reuters.
- ^ a b c d e f "Introducing Israel's Olympians: Misha Zilberman". The Jerusalem Post.
- ^ a b c d e "Norm Nixon coaching Australia's Masters". The Jerusalem Post.
- ^ "Singapore Survive Spanish Assault – Vivo BWF Sudirman Cup Day 1 Session 1". Badminton World Federation.
- ^ Rod Gilmour (22 July 2009). "Nathan Robertson and Anthony Clark aim for success at World Championships". The Telegraph.
- ^ "Medal Count – Olympic Results & Medalists – IOC". london2012.com.
- ^ "Intriguing Badminton in Dongguan – Vivo BWF Sudirman Cup 2015". Badminton World Federation.
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