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Christian Tamminga in 2008.

Christian Tamminga (born 30 April 1974 in Leiden) is a retired Dutch athlete who specialised in the pole vault. [1] His biggest success was the sixth place at the 2001 World Championships.

His personal bests in the event are 5.76 metres outdoors (1998) and 5.60 metres indoors (2002).[ citation needed]

After retiring, he started a company manufacturing athletics equipment. [2]

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing the   Netherlands
1992 World Junior Championships Seoul, South Korea 10th Pole vault 5.00 m
1993 European Junior Championships San Sebastián, Spain 5th Pole vault 5.25 m
1995 Universiade Fukuoka, Japan 5th (q) Pole vault 5.30 m1
1996 European Indoor Championships Stockholm, Sweden 19th (q) Pole vault 5.20 m
1998 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 11th Pole vault 5.40 m
2001 World Championships Edmonton, Canada 6th Pole vault 5.75 m
Goodwill Games Brisbane, Australia 5th Pole vault 5.60 m
2002 European Indoor Championships Vienna, Austria Pole vault NM
2003 World Championships Paris, France 23rd (q) Pole vault 5.35 m
2006 European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 15th Pole vault 5.40 m

1No mark in the final

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