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Eugen Mühlberger

Personal information
Born	(1902-08-30)30 August 1902 Ludwigshafen, Germany
Died	1 August 1944(1944-08-01) (aged 41) or 1943 [1] Soviet Union
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Weightlifting
Weight class	featherweight
Club	VfK 86 Mannheim
Updated on 12 December 2016

Eugen Mühlberger (30 August 1902 – 1 August 1944 or 1943 ^[1]) 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. ^[2] He competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics, where he placed 11th among 21 competitors. ^[3] Mühlberger set the world record in the featherweight category in the snatch, lifting 93 kg on 18 March 1929 in Hamburg. ^{[1] [4] [5]} He won the European Weightlifting Championships in 1930, ^[2] 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. ^{[3] [8] [9]}

References

External links

• "EUGEN MÜHLBERGER". Profile at Olympic.org. 2016-06-14. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
• Eugen Mühlberger at Olympedia

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