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{{short description|Argentine field hockey player}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|name = Fernando Zylberberg
|birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1977|06|30}}
|birth_place=
|medaltemplates={{MedalSport | Men's [[field hockey]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ARG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Hockey Champions Challenge|Champions Challenge]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2005 Men's Champions Challenge (field hockey)|2005 Alexandria]] | Team}}
{{MedalGold | [[2007 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge|2007 Boom]] | Team}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2001 Men's Champions Challenge (field hockey)|2001 Kuala Lumpur]] | Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Hockey at the Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[Hockey at the 2003 Pan American Games|2003 Santo Domingo]] | Team}}
{{MedalGold| [[Hockey at the 2011 Pan American Games|2011 Guadalajara]] | Team}}
{{MedalSilver| [[Hockey at the 1999 Pan American Games|1999 Winnipeg]] | Team}}
{{MedalSilver| [[Field hockey at the 2007 Pan American Games|2007 Rio de Janeiro]] | Team}}
}}

'''Fernando Zylberberg''' (born June 30, 1977) is a retired [[field hockey]] player from [[Argentina]].

==Biography==

Zylberberg was born in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]. With the [[Argentina men's national field hockey team|National team]], he made his debut in 1997 and competed for his native country at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] and [[2004 Summer Olympics]]. After a short spell at Dutch club [[THC Hurley|Hurley]], he played at [[Atlético San Sebastián]], in Spain.

==Special participation on television==
In May 2012, a television advertisement emerged by made by [[Young & Rubicam]], an American advertisement agency owned by the British agency [[WPP plc]] and made on behalf of the [[Argentine President|Argentine Presidency]], entitled ''Olympic Games 2012: Homage to the Fallen and the Veterans of the Malvinas'', featured Zylberberg training in the [[Falkland Islands]].<ref name="translate.google.co.uk">[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://peru21.pe/2012/05/03/reportuit/competir-suelo-ingles-entrenamos-suelo-argentino-2022697&ei=vwSrT-WQEcuE-waq8ImeCg&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDEQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dpara%2Bcompetir%2Ben%2Bsuelo%2Bingles%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26prmd%3Dimvns][Report by Peru News]</ref>
 
The video features Zylberberg outside the Globe Tavern, doing dips on benches, then running past a British [[red telephone box]]. He then carries out step-ups on the islands' Great War Memorial honouring British sailors who died battling the German fleet in 1914, and finally ends with the quote "''{{Lang|es|Para competir en suelo inglés, entrenamos en suelo argentino}}''" ("To compete on English soil, we are training on Argentine soil.").<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.mercopress.com/2012/05/03/olympic-games-joins-falklands-dispute-to-compete-in-english-soil-we-train-in-argentine-soil |title=Olympic Games joins Falklands' dispute: "To compete in English soil, we train in Argentine soil" — MercoPress |publisher=En.mercopress.com |access-date=2012-07-20}}</ref> Zylberberg entered the Falkland Islands on the pretext that he would be taking part in a marathon on the island. Zylberberg stated that his feature in the video conveys his country's feelings over the islands, stating "The message is that to every Argentine the islands belong to Argentina. To me to be training in any other province or to do it over the islands is the same,". The clip was first aired on May 2, the 30th anniversary of the sinking of the [[ARA General Belgrano]],<ref name="translate.google.co.uk"/>
involving the death of 323 troops, nearly half of Argentina's total 649 losses during the Falklands conflict.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17946838 BBC News]</ref>

The advert drew protest from the [[Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands|Falkland Islands government]], the [[British Government]] and within Argentina,{{citation needed|date=January 2020}} both for the film's political aspects, and also that Zylberberg climbed over a British [[World War I]] [[war memorial]]. On 4 May 2012, the advertising agency responsible issued a public apology.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wpp.com/wpp/press/press/default.htm?guid={0ab2224d-2391-46ff-9147-a02170d96e0d} |title=Statement from Y&R |publisher=WPP |date=2012-05-04 |access-date=2012-07-20}}</ref>  The [[International Olympic Committee]] criticised Argentina, stating that the Olympic games should not be used as a forum to raise political issues. The president of the Argentine Olympic Committee, [[Gerardo Werthein]] issued a statement: "Using the Olympic Games to make political gestures of any kind is not acceptable and we will conduct ourselves in the proper spirit of Olympism in all that we do in London and elsewhere".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/09052012/58/london-2012-argentina-drop-falklands-video-star.html |title=Argentina drop Falklands video star|publisher=Yahoo! Eurosport UK |date=2012-06-27 |access-date=2012-07-20}}</ref><ref name=bbcioc>{{cite news|title=IOC criticises Argentine Olympic advert|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17970165|access-date=5 May 2012|newspaper=BBC News|date=5 May 2012}}</ref>

It was revealed on May 9 that Zylberberg was to be dropped from the final Olympic warm-up event before the Olympic games and as a result, miss the games altogether.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/falklandislands/9253986/Hockey-player-in-controversial-Falklands-advert-to-miss-London-Olympics.html |title=Hockey player in controversial Falklands advert 'to miss London Olympics' |publisher=Telegraph |date= 2012-05-09|access-date=2012-07-20 |first=Barney |last=Henderson}}</ref> His absence from the squad was attributed by his coach, Pablo Rossi, to "sporting reasons," and that Zylberberg "had not been able to complete all the necessary steps in pre-season". However there is speculation that Zylberberg was dropped to avoid adverse attention to the team and potential media frenzy when players land in London in July 2012.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/> As a result of his involvement with the advertisement, Zylberberg was also the subject of online threats.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/05/09/fernando-zylberberg-pulls-out-olympics_n_1502521.html |title=Fernando Zylberberg, Argentinian Hockey Player In Falklands Advert, To Miss London 2012 Olympics |date=9 May 2012 |publisher=Huffingtonpost.co.uk |access-date=2012-07-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Purnell |first=Gareth |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/fernando-zylberberg-left-out-of-argentina-olympics-hockey-squad-7728702.html |title=Fernando Zylberberg left out of Argentina Olympics hockey squad|work=The Independent |date=2012-05-09 |access-date=2012-07-20 |location=London}}</ref>

==References==
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*{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/zy/fernando-zylberberg-1.html |title=Fernando Zylberberg |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505234236/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/zy/fernando-zylberberg-1.html |archivedate=2012-05-05 }}

==External links==
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