Victor Zilberman (born 20 September 1947) is a retired boxer from

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. He competed in three consecutive

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, starting in 1968 (

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). He also won 8 national senior titles and two silver medals at the

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. Born in

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, Zilberman had his best result at the

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. There he won a

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in the

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division (– 67 kg) after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual winner Jochen Bachfeld of

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. 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

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(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)

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* 1947 births Boxers from Bucharest Boxers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Living people Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Romania Olympic bronze medalists for Romania Romanian defectors Romanian male boxers Romanian emigrants to Canada Welterweight boxers Jewish Romanian sportspeople Jewish boxers 20th-century Romanian sportsmen {{Romania-boxing-bio-stub