Peter Müllenberg
{{Short description|Dutch boxer (born 1987)}}
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| birth_place = Almelo, the Netherlands
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|club = Apeldoornse Boks en Conditie Club
|coach = Hennie van Bemmel{{cite web |url=http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=mullenberg-peter-1178636/index.html |title=Peter Müllenberg |website=NBColympics.com |publisher=NBC |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027130201/http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=mullenberg-peter-1178636/index.html |archivedate=2016-10-27}}
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{{MedalSilver| 2013 Minsk | -81 kg}}
{{MedalSilver| 2015 Samokov | -81 kg}}
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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.
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.nu.nl/sport-overig/4107180/bokser-mullenberg-verliest-ek-finale.html|title=Bokser Müllenberg verliest EK-finale|work=NU|language=nl|date=15 August 2015|access-date=15 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808233316/http://www.nu.nl/sport-overig/4107180/bokser-mullenberg-verliest-ek-finale.html|archive-date=8 August 2016|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://nos.nl/artikel/2099431-mullenberg-pakt-olympisch-ticket.html|title=Bokser Müllenberg pakt olympisch ticket|website=nos.nl|language=nl|date=15 April 2016}} He is the first Dutch boxer since 1992 who qualifies for the Summer Olympics. He was eliminated in the second bout at the Olympics.
Although initially motivated to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics he later lost motivation and failed to qualify.{{cite web|last1=Blijlevens |first1=Ralph |url=https://www.ad.nl/almelo/almelose-bokser-mullenberg-gooit-de-handdoek-in-de-ring-ik-heb-niet-meer-de-motivatie-er-helemaal-voor-te-gaan~a5e336b7/ |url-access=subscription |title=Almelose bokser Müllenberg gooit de handdoek in de ring: ‘Ik heb niet meer de motivatie er helemaal voor te gaan’ |language=nl |publisher=Tubantia |date=16 February 2021 |access-date=}}
Personal life
Müllenberg has a son Noah with his ex-partner Essja. He has a son Eymen and another child with his wife Asiye, whom he married in 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.oost.nl/nieuws/2056277/almelose-ex-bokser-krijgt-in-hoger-beroep-40-uur-taakstraf-voor-bedreigen-ex |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250207101416/https://www.oost.nl/nieuws/2056277/almelose-ex-bokser-krijgt-in-hoger-beroep-40-uur-taakstraf-voor-bedreigen-ex |title=Almelose ex-bokser krijgt in hoger beroep 40 uur taakstraf voor bedreigen ex |language=nl |publisher=RTV Oost |date=28 January 2022 |archive-date=7 February 2025}} Since August 2009 he served with the Royal Netherlands Army.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}} As of 2019 he was no longer working for the army.
Müllenberg converted to Islam around 2013.{{cite web|last1=Blijlevens |first1=Ralph |url=https://www.tubantia.nl/home/almelose-bokser-overleefde-liquidatiepogingen-welkom-in-mijn-wereld~a0495bf4/ |url-access=subscription |title=Almelose bokser overleefde liquidatiepogingen: 'Welkom in mijn wereld’ |language=nl |publisher=Tubantia |date=27 December 2019 |access-date=7 February 2025}}
In 2019 Müllenberg was convicted of threathening his ex-partner and sentenced to sixty hours community service. On appeal in the same case in 2022 he was convicted of threatening his ex-partner, illegal possession of weapons and destroying furniture. His sentence was lowered to forty hours community service. In 2019 he survived two assassination attempts in which shots were fired at him.
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Peter Müllenberg}}
- {{AIBA|peter-mullenberg-81kg|Peter Mullenberg}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Olympics.com|peter-mullenberg|Peter Mullenberg|oc_archive=20200217054318|org_archive=20170207020048}}
- {{TeamNL|peter-muellenberg|old_id=5544-peter-mllenberg}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Almelo
Category:European Games competitors for the Netherlands
Category:Boxers at the 2015 European Games
Category:Olympic boxers for the Netherlands
Category:Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Boxers at the 2019 European Games
Category:Light-heavyweight boxers
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