| Laurens Looije | |
| Fullname: | Laurens Christiaan Looije |
| Height: | 1.85 m |
| Weight: | 80 kg |
| Birth Date: | 12 January 1973 |
| Birth Place: | The Hague, Netherlands |
| Personalbest: | pole vault - 5.71 (1998) |
| Career: | 1986-present |
| Updated: | 18 October 2007 |
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.
| Representing the | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | European Junior Championships | Thessaloniki, Greece | 10th | 4.90 m | |
| 1992 | World Junior Championships | Seoul, South Korea | bgcolor=gold | 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 | ||