Misha Zilberman

Misha Zilberman (Russian: Миша Зильберман; Hebrew: מישה זילברמן; born 25 January 1989) is an Olympic badminton player.His father was a member of the Soviet national floor gymnastics team, until he retired as the result of an injury.[4] In April 2012 he reached the finals of the Tahiti Air Nui International, improving his world ranking by 14 places.[2][5] In July 2013, Zilberman won two gold medals at the 2013 Maccabiah Games, one in singles, one in mixed doubles with his mother.[27] Zilberman 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 next round."[38] At the 2022 European Badminton Championships in Madrid, Spain, in April, Zilberman won a bronze medal as he defeated Luka Ban of Croatia, Kari Gunnarson of Iceland, Mark Caljouw of the Netherlands (ranked # 26 in the world), and 2018 European Championship bronze medalist Brice Leverdez of France in the quarterfinals, before losing to 2020 Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark in the semi-finals.[44] At the BWF World Championships 2022 in August, Zilberman partnered in doubles with his mother who at the age of 64 years old became the oldest player to win a match in competition history.[10] At the 2023 European Games in Poland, Zilberman won five straight matches before losing in the semi-finals to Christo Popov of France, winning a bronze medal.[45] Zilberman represented Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics in badminton in the Men's singles, at the Porte de la Chapelle Arena in Paris.[46][47] It was his fourth consecutive Olympic Games; he was the sixth athlete in the history of the Israeli delegation to participate in four Olympics, joining the judoka Ariel Ze'evi, the sailor Yoel Sela, the artistic gymnast Alex Shatilov, the sport shooter Guy Starik, and the synchronized swimmer Anastasia Glushkov.[53] In his third match, Zilberman defeated Prince Dahal of Nepal in two straight sets, in a total of 36 minutes.
Misha Zilberman (2012)
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