Laurens Looije

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Laurens Looije
Full name Laurens Christiaan Looije
Date of birth 12 January 1973 (1973-01-12) (age 35)
Place of birth The Hague, Netherlands
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Height 1.85 m
Weight 80 kg
Personal best pole vault - 5.71 (1998)
Career 1986-present

Infobox last updated on: 18 October 2007.

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, Georgia.

He 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 eight times indoor Dutch national champion.

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