Eugen Mühlberger

German weightlifter

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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

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