Misha Zilberman (Hebrew: מישה זילברמן; born 30 January 1989) is an Israeli badminton player.[2]
 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] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Misha Zilberman homepage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Badminton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Singles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Kfar Maccabiah | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Svetlana & Michael Zilberman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | World Ranking: 41 (4 June 2015)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He competed for Israel at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and also represented Israel at the 2015 European Games.
Early and personal 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, 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 since that age, and after awhile the two married.[6][7][5]
Both his parents come from athletic backgrounds. Michael was on the Soviet national team in floor gymnastics until he retired as the result of an injury, and then became an Assistant Coach to the Soviet national team in badminton, and Svetlana played and still plays professional badminton.[2][7][8][5] Her greatest accomplishment was winning a bronze medal in the 1986 European Badminton Championships for the USSR.[2][6][5]
He served in the Israel Defense Forces from August 2007 to August 2010.[9] 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.[6][10] At the age of 12 he began his serious daily training.[6][4][10] 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 parents, as his mother coaches him, and his father is head coach of Israel's national badminton team.[2][7][4][5]
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-ever mother-son mixed doubles team.[12][4]
In 2011, he competed for half a year in the professional league in Denmark for Odense.[4] In April 2012 he reached the finals of a tournament in Tahiti, improving his world ranking by 14 places.[5] In May 2012 he was ranked # 64 in the world in badminton.[6]
He competed for Israel at the 2012 Summer Olympics; the first appearance by an Israeli badminton player in the Olympics.[13][7][10] Ranked 33rd in the Olympic rankings in singles, he came in 33rd in the Games.[2][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 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.[14]
He represented Israel at the 2015 European Games in badminton in Men's singles.[2][6] 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 g h Arie Livnat (22 July 2012). "Birdie in hand, Olympics in bush: Israel's self-made badminton champ". Haaretz.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Misha Zilberman's Official website". 22web.org.
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ "Medal Count – Olympic Results & Medalists – IOC". london2012.com.
- ^ "Intriguing Badminton in Dongguan – Vivo BWF Sudirman Cup 2015". Badminton World Federation.
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