David Zalcberg

Australian table tennis player

David Zalcberg ([zaltsberg]?) (born 4 May 1981, Melbourne, Victoria) is a left-handed Australian former table tennis player. ^[1]^[2]^[3]

Table tennis career

Zalcberg began playing table tennis at age of 12.^[4] 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.^[5]^[6]^[7]

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.^[4]

Career highlights

International

Athens Olympics – Round of 32 Men's doubles
Gold Medal, Oceania Games, Men's Doubles, 2004
Bronze Medal, Commonwealth Games, Team event, 2004
2006 Commonwealth Games, where in spite of being injured, he defeated a highly favored opponent from Singapore^[8]
Silver Medal, Finland Open, Team event, 2005

National

Australian Under 20 Singles & Doubles Champion 2001
Australian Men's Doubles Champion 2005

Highest rankings

National: 4th Singles 2004. 1st Doubles 2005.
International: World Teams Championships 2004 – ranked 37th

Awards

Zalcberg was named Maccabi Australia sportsman of the year in March 2007.

References

Goldberg, Dan (12 August 2008). "Maccabiah bridge collapse survivor beats the odds to reach Beijing". Jewish Telegraph Agency. Archived from the original on 22 August 2008. Retrieved 13 August 2008.

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^ Levi, Joshua (15 March 2007). "Zalcberg named sportsman of the year". Australian Jewish News. Archived from the original on 24 June 2007. Retrieved 28 April 2014.