Victor Zilberman
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Victor Zilberman is a retired boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 from Romania
Romania
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.

He represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics
There were eleven boxing events at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Light Flyweight :-First Round:* Armando Guevara def. Eduardo Baltar , 5:0* Li Byong-Uk def. Sidney McKnight , KO-1...

 in Montreal, Canada. There he won the bronze medal
Bronze medal
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 in the welterweight
Welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

 division (– 67 kg) after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual winner Jochen Bachfeld
Jochen Bachfeld
Jochen Bachfeld is a retired boxer from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada...

 of East Germany.

He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1968 (Mexico City
Mexico City
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).

Olympic results

1968 (as a welterweight)
  • Lost to Joseph Bessala
    Joseph Bessala
    Joseph Bessala was a welterweight boxer from Cameroon.-Amateur:In 1965, Bessala won the All-Africa Games in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo...

     (Cameroon) TKO 3 (quarterfinal match)


1972 (as a welterweight)
  • Lost to David Jackson (Uganda) 2-3


1976 (as a welterweight)
  • 1st round bye
  • Defeated Amon Kotey (Ghana) walk-over, country boycotted
  • Defeated Colin Jones (Great Britain) 5-0
  • Defeated Carlos Santos (Puerto Rico) 3-2
  • Lost to Jochen Bachfeld
    Jochen Bachfeld
    Jochen Bachfeld is a retired boxer from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada...

    (East Germany) 2-3
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