Career
He is now one of Australia"s pre-eminent anesthetists after abandoning his hometown of Melbourne and migrating to Sydney. Zalcberg began playing table tennis at age of 12 after not making the AJAX U9 Premiership squad. He represented Australia at the 1997 Maccabiah Games in Israel.
He was part of the Australian delegation that was involved in the tragic bridge collapse during the opening ceremony of the games.
In 2003, Zalcberg competed in the World Table Tennis Championships in singles. He competed with the Australian national team in the 2004 World Teams Championships.
They finished 37th. Career highlights International Athens Olympics – Round of 32 Men"s doubles Gold Medal, Oceania Games, Men"s Doubles, 2004 2006, where in spite of being injured, he defeated a highly favored opponent from Singapore Silver Medal, Finland Open, Team event, 2005 National Highest rankings National: 4th Singles 2004.
1st Doubles 2005. International: World Teams Championships 2004 – ranked 37th.
