Alberto Michán Halbinger (born 2 December 1978) is an Israeli-Mexican Olympic horse rider. Born in Mexico, he competes for Israel. He qualified to represent

Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics Israel competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo with its largest contingent to date − a delegation of 90 athletes, 55 men and 35 women, who competed in 15 different sports. This was almost double the previous number of 47 athletes who repre ...

in Tokyo.

Biography

Michan was born in Mexico; his family comes from Israel. He was a finalist at the FEI World Cup Jumping in 2006 and 2007. He competed in the 2006 and 2014

World Equestrian Games The FEI World Equestrian Games are the major international championships for equestrianism, and are administered by the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI). The games have been held every four years, halfway between sets of consecutive ...

. He competed for

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, both in individual jumping (coming in 29th) and in team jumping (coming in 8th). He earned a bronze medal in Team Jumping at the

2011 Pan American Games The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, ...

Guadalajara, Mexico Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Mexico, while the Guadalajar ...

. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he tied with Scott Brash and

Nick Skelton Nicholas David Skelton (born 30 December 1957, Bedworth, Warwickshire) is a British former equestrian who competed in show jumping. He retired at the age of 59 years old, on 5 April 2017. He began riding at age 18 months and in 1975 took two t ...

, both of the team-gold medal-winning United Kingdom, for 5th in Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Individual jumping, individual jumping. He was part of the Mexico at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Mexican team for Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Team jumping, team jumping, which finished in fifth place. He qualified to represent

in Tokyo.

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* * * * 1978 births Living people Israeli male equestrians Israeli Jews Israeli people of Mexican-Jewish descent Equestrians from Mexico City Mexican Jews Mexican male equestrians Olympic equestrians for Mexico Equestrians at the 2008 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2012 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in equestrian Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Mexico Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games Equestrians at the 2011 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Equestrians at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians for Israel {{Mexico-equestrian-bio-stub