Ronald Zilberberg (; born 4 April 1996) is an Israeli Olympic
figure skater
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. He competed for
Israel at the 2018 Winter Olympics with
Adel Tankova in
Figure Skating
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in
ice dancing
Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. A ...
and a
team event in
Pyeongchang
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, South Korea.
Early and personal life
Zilberberg was born in
Kiryat Shmona
Kiryat Shmona () is a city in the Northern District (Israel), Northern District of Israel on the western slopes of the Hula Valley near the Lebanon, Lebanese border.
In it had a population of . Located near the Blue Line (withdrawal line), Israel ...
, Israel, and is Jewish.
["Ronald Zilberberg"]
/ref> He lives in Hackensack, New Jersey
Hackensack is the most populous municipality in and the county seat of Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. . His nickname is Roni.
Skating career
Zilberberg started skating in 2005. His club is Israel ISF. His former partners were Kimberly Berkovich and Anna Bolshem. He is coached by Galit Chait Moracci.
In 2017/2018, he and Adel Tankova won the Israeli National Championship, and came in 28th in the ISU European Ice Dance Championship.
Zilberberg and Tankova competed for Israel at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Figure Skating
Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, with its introduction occurring at the Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympi ...
in ice dancing
Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. A ...
and a team event in Pyeongchang
Pyeongchang ( , ; in full, ''Pyeongchang-gun'' ) is a county in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea, located in the Taebaek Mountains region. It is home to several Buddhist temples, including Woljeongsa. It is about east southeast of Seo ...
, South Korea. They scored 46.66 for the short dance event for an overall finish of 24th place.">"Israel fails to qualify for Olympic figure skating finals,"
''The Times of Israel''.
References
1996 births
Living people
Figure skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Israeli male ice dancers
Olympic figure skaters for Israel
Figure skaters from Hackensack, New Jersey
People from Kiryat Shmona
Sportspeople from Northern District (Israel)
Jewish Israeli sportspeople
21st-century Israeli sportsmen
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