Peter Müllenberg

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.

Peter Müllenberg
Müllenberg at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1987-12-30) December 30, 1987
Almelo, the Netherlands
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Sport
SportBoxing
ClubApeldoornse Boks en Conditie Club
Coached byHennie van Bemmel[2]
Medal record
Representing the  Netherlands
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Minsk -81 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Samokov -81 kg

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.

References

  1. "Peter Müllenberg". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2016-10-27.
  2. "Peter Müllenberg". NBColympics.com. NBC. Archived from the original on 2016-10-27.
  3. "Bokser Müllenberg verliest EK-finale". NU (in Dutch). 15 August 2015. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  4. "Bokser Müllenberg pakt olympisch ticket". nos.nl (in Dutch). 15 April 2016.


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