Background
Zilberman was born in Moscow, Russia. He is an only child of his father, Michael, and his mother, Svetlana. His father was born in Russia in 1945, and made aliyah to Israel in 1991, with his wife and son Misha, and worked in Pardes Hannah and then in Rishon LeZion.
Svetlana was born in Belarus.
Career
He competed for Israel at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and also represented Israel at the 2015 European Games. She began playing badminton at the age of 12, which is how she met Michael, who was her coach. He then became an Assistant Coach to the Soviet national team in badminton.
Svetlana plays professional badminton.
He served in the Israel Defense Forces from August 2007 to August 2010. He lives in Ness Ziona, Israel.
When Misha was still a baby he used to join his mother at her badminton practice, and with time he began playing himself. At the age of 12 he began his serious daily training.
He began to compete in junior badminton tournaments in 2003.
His club is Kfar Maccabiah. In 2006 and 2009 he played mixed doubles with his mother at the Badminton World Championships, as the Championships" first mother-son mixed doubles team In 2011, he competed for six months for Odense in the professional league in Denmark.
In April 2012 he reached the finals of the Tahiti Air Nui International, improving his world ranking by 14 places.
In May 2012 he was ranked # 64 internationally. He competed for Israel at the 2012 Summer Olympics, the first appearance by an Israeli badminton player in the Olympics.
Ranked 33rd in the Olympic rankings in singles, he came in 33rd in the Games. In May 2015, he competed in mixed doubles with his mother, who was 56 years old, at the Dongguan, China – 2015 Vivo BWF Sudirman Cup.
He represented Israel at the 2015 European Games in badminton in Men"s singles.
He lost in the Round of 16 to Zvonimir Đurkinjak of Croatia in three sets.
Membership
Michael was a member of the Soviet national floor gymnastics team until he retired as the result of an injury.