Peter Müllenberg Explained

Peter Müllenberg
Birth Date:30 December 1987
Birth Place:Almelo, the Netherlands
Height:1.83 m[1]
Sport:Boxing
Club:Apeldoornse Boks en Conditie Club
Coach:Hennie van Bemmel[2]

Peter Müllenberg (born 30 December 1987 in Almelo) is an amateur heavyweight boxer from the Netherlands who won silver medals at the 2013 and 2015 European championships.

Career

Müllenberg competed at world championships, including at the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships (middleweight), 2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships and 2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships. He was also part of the Dutch team at the 2015 European Games in Baku.

Müllenberg won the silver medal at both the 2013 European Amateur Boxing Championships and 2015 European Amateur Boxing Championships.[3] At the 2016 European Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament in April 2016 he qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics after beating Mehmet Ünal in the semi-final.[4] He is the first Dutch boxer since 1992 who qualifies for the Summer Olympics. He was eliminated in the second bout at the Olympics.[1]

Personal life

Müllenberg has a son Noah with his ex-partner Essja.[2] Since August 2009 he serves with the Royal Netherlands Army.

He has a son Eymen with his wife Asiye.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Peter Müllenberg . Rio2016.com . . https://web.archive.org/web/20161027130318/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/peter-mullenberg . 2016-10-27.
  2. Web site: Peter Müllenberg . NBColympics.com . . https://web.archive.org/web/20161027130201/http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=mullenberg-peter-1178636/index.html . 2016-10-27.
  3. Web site: Bokser Müllenberg verliest EK-finale. NU. nl. 15 August 2015. 15 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160808233316/http://www.nu.nl/sport-overig/4107180/bokser-mullenberg-verliest-ek-finale.html. 8 August 2016. live.
  4. Web site: Bokser Müllenberg pakt olympisch ticket. nos.nl. nl. 15 April 2016.