Peter Müllenberg (born 30 December 1987 in

Almelo Almelo () is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. The main population centres in the town are Aadorp, Almelo, Mariaparochie, and Bornerbroek. Almelo has about 72,000 inhabitants in the middle of the rolling countryside of Twente, ...

) 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 The 2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships were held at the Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports in Almaty, Kazakhstan from 14 to 26 October 2013. Results Medal table Medal summary References External links Official website
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and

2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships The 2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships was held at the Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena in Doha, Qatar from 5 to 18 October 2015. This was a qualifying tournament for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Opening ceremony World pro boxing champions Mike Ty ...

. He was also part of the Dutch team at the

2015 European Games The 2015 European Games, also known as Baku 2015 or Baku 2015 European Games ( az, Bakı 2015 Avropa Oyunları), were the inaugural edition of the European Games, an international multi-sport event for athletes representing the National Olympic ...

in Baku. Müllenberg won the silver medal at both the

2013 European Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 2013 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Minsk, Belarus from June 1 to June 8, 2013. It is the 40th edition of this biennial competition organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, the EUBC. 37 countries ...

and 2015 European Amateur Boxing Championships. At the

2016 European Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament The 2016 European Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament for the boxing tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, were held from April 9 to April 17, 2016 in the Mustafa Dağıstanlı Sports Hall at İlkadım, Samsun, T ...

in April 2016 he qualified for the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

after beating Mehmet Ünal in the semi-final. He is the first Dutch boxer since 1992 who qualifies for the

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

. He was eliminated in the second bout at the Olympics.

Personal life

Müllenberg has a son Noah with his ex-partner Essja. Since August 2009 he serves with the

Royal Netherlands Army The Royal Netherlands Army ( nl, Koninklijke Landmacht) is the land branch of the Netherlands Armed Forces. Though the Royal Netherlands Army was raised on 9 January 1814, its origins date back to 1572, when the was raised – making the Dutc ...

. He has a son Eymen with his wife Asiye.

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* * * * Sportspeople from Almelo European Games competitors for the Netherlands 1987 births Living people Dutch male boxers Boxers at the 2015 European Games Olympic boxers for the Netherlands Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2019 European Games Light-heavyweight boxers {{Netherlands-boxing-bio-stub