Peeter Mürk (22 December 1911 – 29 November 1974) was an Estonian

weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lif ...

. He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 1936 Summer Olympics, placing 11th. Peeter Mürk was born Valga to Peeter Hendrik and Anna Mürk (née Hinn). He was the youngest of two siblings and only son. In 1930, Mürk began training as weightlifter while serving the Valga Unit of the

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, inspired by Alfred Neuland. He graduated from Valga Industrial School in 1932 with a degree in ironworking. He became the Estonian men's national champion eight times: from 1935–38 lightweight champion and from 1939–42 middle lightweight champion and set fourteen Estonian records: five lightweight and nine middle lightweight. Mürk died in 1974, aged 62, and was buried at Rapla Cemetery.

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* 1911 births 1974 deaths Estonian male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters of Estonia Weightlifters at the 1936 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Valga, Estonia {{Estonia-weightlifting-bio-stub