Eugen Mühlberger
Eugen Mühlberger (born August 30, 1902 in Ludwigshafen-Friesenheim , † 1943 ) was a German weightlifter.
Career
Eugen Mühlberger grew up as the son of factory worker Julius Mühlberger in the Friesenheim district of the city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein . As a boy he liked to do gymnastics, swam in the summer and then, because he was small and skinny, went to the weightlifters of VfK 86 Mannheim to get stronger. With weightlifting he had found the sport most suitable for him. After the first regional championships, he became the first German featherweight champion (up to 60 kg body weight) in 1925. From then until 1936 he was one of the best weightlifters in the world in his weight class. Although he had become German champion in 1932 and German runner-up in 1936, he, who had meanwhile moved to Frankfurt am Main for professional reasons , did not go to any further Olympic games after 1928. Mühlberger's specialty was tearing with both arms, in which he set two world records.
International success
(OS = Olympic Games, EM = European Championship, OD = Olympic three-way fight, consisting of two-armed pushing, snatching and pushing, FK = pentathlon, consisting of OD + one-armed pulling and pushing, Fe = featherweight)
- 1928, 12th place , OS in Amsterdam , OD, Fe, with 255 kg, winner: Franz Andrysek , Austria , 287.5 kg, ahead of Gabetti, Italy , 282.5 kg and Hans Wölpert , Germany , 282.5 kg;
- 1930, 1st place , EM in Munich , OD, Fe, with 280 kg, ahead of Wölpert, 280 kg and Raymond Suvigny , France , 270 kg;
- 1931, 2nd place , EM in Luxemburg , OD, Fe, with 270 kg, behind Mohamed, Egypt , 282.5 kg and Troppert, Austria, 270 kg;
- 1933, 2nd place , EM in Essen , FK, Fe, with 410 kg, behind Wölpert, 420 kg and in front of Helmut Schäfer (weightlifter) , Germany, 397.5 kg;
- 1934, 5th place , EM in Turin , OD, Fe, with 270 kg, winner: Attilio Bescape , Italy , 285 kg in front of Max Walter , Germany, 285 kg
German championships
- 1925, 1st place in Stuttgart , FK, Fe, with 415 kg, in front of Friedrich, Nuremberg , 415 kg,
- 1926, 1st place in Cologne , FK, Fe, with 435 kg, ahead of Andreas Stadler, Vienna, 412.5 kg and Franz Andrysek, Vienna, 407.5 kg;
- 1927, 1st place in Nuremberg , OD, Fe, with 277, r kg, in front of scraper, food, 255 kg,
- 1929, 1st place in Villingen , FK, Fe, with 405 kg, in front of Helmut Schäfer , Stuttgart , 395 kg,
- 1931, 2nd place in Schonungen , OD, Fe, with 272.5 kg, behind Schäfer, 272.5 kg,
- 1932, 1st place in Dortmund , OD, Fe, with 275 kg, in front of Georg Liebsch , Düsseldorf , 270 kg,
- 1933, 3rd place in Munich , FK, Fe, with 405 kg, behind Hans Wölpert , TSV 1860 Munich , 417.5 kg and Helmut Schäfer, 407.5 kg,
- 1934, 2nd place in Nuremberg , FK, Fe, with 425 kg, behind Max Walter , Saarbrücken ,
- 1936, 2nd place in Möhringen , OD, Fe, with 290 kg, behind Walter, 290 kg and in front of Liebsch, 287.5 kg
World records
In two-armed tearing:
- 92.5 kg, 1929 in Munich, Fe,
- 93 kg, 1930 in Frankfurt
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Birth register of StA Ludwigshafen am Rhein II, No. 309/1902
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mühlberger, Eugene |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German weightlifter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 30, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ludwigshafen-Friesenheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1943 |