Eugen Mühlberger Explained

Eugen Mühlberger
Birth Date:30 August 1902
Birth Place:Ludwigshafen, Germany
Death Date: or 1943
Death Place:Soviet Union
Country: Germany
Sport:Weightlifting
Weight Class:featherweight
Club:VfK 86 Mannheim
Updated:12 December 2016

Eugen Mühlberger (30 August 1902 – 1 August 1944 or 1943) was a German weightlifter, who competed in the featherweight category and represented Germany at international competitions. He won German national championships in 1925–27, 1929, 1930 and 1932.[1] He competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics, where he placed 11th among 21 competitors.[2] Mühlberger set the world record in the featherweight category in the snatch, lifting 93 kg on 18 March 1929 in Hamburg.[3] [4] [5] He won the European Weightlifting Championships in 1930,[1] placed second the following year, held the world record in his division in 1931, but did not attend the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles.[6] [7]

Mühlberger died during the Second World War in August 1944 having been missing in action while fighting on the eastern front in the Soviet Union.[2] [8] [9]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.habe-web.de/gewichtheben-2015/gewichtheben-2014/heben-gehört-zum-leben/
  2. Web site: Profile of Eugen Mühlberger. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417221107/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mu/eugen-muhlberger-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. Sports Reference. 9 December 2016.
  3. Web site: TOP OLYMPIC LIFTERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. Lift Up History of Olympic Weightlifting. 18 December 2016.
  4. Web site: Eugen Muhlberger, Top Olympic Lifters of the 20th Century @ Lift Up.
  5. Web site: Featherweight class. dhost.info. 18 December 2016.
  6. Web site: Weightlifting at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Featherweight. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132633/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1932/WLT/mens-featherweight.html. dead. 18 April 2020. Sports References. 18 December 2016.
  7. Web site: LES RÉSULTATS HALTÉROPHILIE > CHAMPIONNAT D'EUROPE. Sports Quick. 18 December 2016. French.
  8. Web site: Alfabetische lijst letter M. Olympische Spelen Anekdotes. 18 December 2016. German.
  9. Web site: Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 . dead . 17 April 2020 . 24 July 2018 . Sports Reference.

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