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Svetlana Zilberman

Svetlana Zilberman is an Israeli badminton player and coach who represented the Soviet Union and then Israel, and won a European Championships bronze medal in 1986.

born 19581986 European Championships bronze medalMany Israeli national badminton titlesCoaching Israel's national badminton teamMixed doubles with son Misha

Born: 10 May 1958, Mahilyow
Occupation: badminton player

Svetlana Zilberman was born in 1958 in Mahilyow

Svetlana Zilberman, born Beliasova, was born on 10 May 1958 in Mahilyow, Belarus. She took up badminton at age 12. Her coach Michael later became her husband.

In the Soviet Union she won many titles at the USSR International in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. She also won events at the French Open in 1981 and the Hungarian International in 1986. In 1986 she took bronze in women's singles at the European Badminton Championships.

She immigrated to Israel in 1991 with her husband and their son Misha. The couple runs two badminton clubs, and she coaches Misha and Israel's national team. As of 2016 she had won the Israeli national championship 17 times in women's singles and doubles and 21 times in mixed doubles.

From 2009 she played mixed doubles with her son, winning international events in Suriname, Nigeria and Ethiopia. She won world senior titles in 2003, 2019 and 2021. At the 2022 BWF World Championships, at age 64, she became the oldest player to win a match in the event's history.