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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.
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.
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
- 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.
External links
- Boxing record for Victor Zilberman from BoxRec (registration required)
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