Victor Zilberman

Victor Zilberman
Personal information
NationalityRomanian
Born (1947-09-20) 20 September 1947 (age 79)
Bucharest, Romania
Sport
SportBoxing
Medal record
Representing  Romania
Romania National Amateur Boxing Championships
Gold medal – first place1968 BucharestWelterweight
Gold medal – first place1969 BucharestWelterweight
Gold medal – first place1970 BucharestWelterweight
Gold medal – first place1971 BucharestWelterweight
Gold medal – first place1972 BucharestWelterweight
Gold medal – first place1973 ClujWelterweight
Gold medal – first place1974 BucharestWelterweight
Gold medal – first place1975 BucharestLight middleweight
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1976 MontrealWelterweight
European Amateur Championships
Silver medal – second place1969 BucharestWelterweight
Silver medal – second place1975 KatowiceWelterweight

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]

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.

Zilberman is Jewish. He is father of David Zilberman.

Olympic results

1968: Mexico City (as a welterweight)

1972: Munich (as a welterweight)

Montreal: 1976 (as a welterweight)

References

  1. ↑ Mike Silver (4 March 2016). Stars in the Ring: Jewish Champions in the Golden Age of Boxing: A Photographic History. Lyons Press. pp. 344–. ISBN 978-1-63076-140-0.