Christian_Tamminga Knowpia

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 edit

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
2001	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