Christian Tamminga (born 30 April 1974 in

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) is a retired

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athlete who specialised in the

pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the Myc ...

. 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). After retiring, he started a company manufacturing athletics equipment.Tammingasports webpage
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Competition record

¹No mark in the final

References

1974 births Living people Dutch male pole vaulters Sportspeople from Leiden Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-athletics-bio-stub