About Laurens Looije
Born 1973. Laurens Looije is a Dutch athletics competitor.
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.
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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Who is Laurens Looije?
Dutch pole vaulter
When was Laurens Looije born?
Laurens Looije was born on 12 January 1973 in The Hague.
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Laurens Looije is an athletics competitor.
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Laurens Looije is Dutch.
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