Name Laurens Looije Role Olympic athlete | Height 1.85 m Weight 80 kg | |
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Full name Laurens Christiaan Looije Born 12 January 1973 (age 51) ( 1973-01-12 ) The Hague, Netherlands | ||
Laurens Christiaan Looije (born January 12, 1973 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland) is a Dutch pole vaulter, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.
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.
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