Laurens Looije

Laurens Christiaan Looije (born January 12, 1973 in The Hague, South Holland) is a Dutch pole vaulter, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Laurens Looije
Personal information
Full nameLaurens Christiaan Looije
Born (1973-01-12) 12 January 1973
The Hague, Netherlands
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Updated on 18 October 2007.

Looije finished 8th in the pole vault final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. He was also the 1992 World Junior champion, and won a bronze medal at the 2001 Summer Universiade.

His personal best is 5.71 metres, achieved in August 1998 in Hechtel. He is a five times outdoor and nine times indoor Dutch national champion.

Achievements
YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing the  Netherlands
1991 European Junior Championships Thessaloniki, Greece 10th 4.90 m
1992 World Junior Championships Seoul, South Korea 1st 5.45 m
1993 World Indoor Championships Toronto, Canada 18th (q) 5.30 m
1996 European Indoor Championships Stockholm, Sweden 14th (q) 5.45 m
Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 23rd (q) 5.40 m
1997 World Championships Athens, Greece 27th (q) 5.30 m
1998 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 10th 5.40 m
2000 European Indoor Championships Ghent, Belgium 13th (q) 5.20 m
2001 Universiade Beijing, PR China 3rd 5.60 m
2005 European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain 15th (q) 5.40 m
2006 World Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia 14th (q) 5.45 m
European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 8th 5.50 m


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