Victor Zilberman
{{Short description|Romanian boxer (born 1947)}}
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| name = Victor Zilberman
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| nationality = Romanian
| sport = Boxing
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|9|20|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Bucharest, Romania
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{{MedalCountry | {{ROM}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Romania National Amateur Boxing Championships}}
{{MedalGold| 1968 Bucharest | Welterweight}}
{{MedalGold| 1969 Bucharest | Welterweight}}
{{MedalGold| 1970 Bucharest | Welterweight}}
{{MedalGold| 1971 Bucharest | Welterweight}}
{{MedalGold| 1972 Bucharest | Welterweight}}
{{MedalGold| 1973 Cluj | Welterweight}}
{{MedalGold| 1974 Bucharest | Welterweight}}
{{MedalGold| 1975 Bucharest | Light middleweight}}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalBronze| 1976 Montreal | Welterweight}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Amateur Championships}}
{{MedalSilver| 1969 Bucharest |Welterweight}}
{{MedalSilver| 1975 Katowice |Welterweight}}
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Victor Zilberman (born 20 September 1947) is a retired boxer from Romania. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1968 (Mexico City). He also won 8 national senior titles and two silver medals at the European Amateur Boxing Championships.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
Born in Bucharest, Zilberman had his best result at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. There he won a bronze medal in the welterweight division (– 67 kg) after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual winner Jochen Bachfeld of East Germany. After the competition, he defected to Canada.
Olympic results
1968: Mexico City (as a welterweight)
- Lost to Joseph Bessala (Cameroon) TKO 3 (quarterfinal match)
1972: Munich (as a welterweight)
- Round of 64: Lost to David Jackson (Uganda) by decision, 2–3
Montreal: 1976 (as a welterweight)
- Round of 64: bye
- Round of 32: Defeated Amon Kotey (Ghana) by walkover
- Round of 16: Defeated Colin Jones (Great Britain) by decision, 5–0
- Quarterfinal: Defeated Carlos Santos (Puerto Rico) by decision, 3–2
- Semifinal: Lost to Jochen Bachfeld (East Germany) by decision, 2-3 (won bronze medal)
References
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930062836/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ZILBEVIC01 databaseOlympics]
External links
- {{Boxrec|id=902474}}
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Category:Boxers from Bucharest
Category:Boxers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Category:Boxers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Category:Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic boxers for Romania
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Romania
Category:Romanian emigrants to Canada
Category:Jewish Romanian sportspeople
Category:20th-century Romanian sportsmen
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