Jente Hauttekeete

Belgian athlete

Jente Hauttekeete (14 March 2002) is a Belgian athlete specializing in the heptathlon and the decathlon.

Hauttekeete was born in 2002. His father, Hendrik Hauttekeete, was a long jumper and sprinter, while his mother Melanie Moreels, a 6-times Belgian champion, was a specialist of the 400m hurdles and the heptathlon.[1]

At the 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival, he won the silver medal in the decathlon, behind Sander Skotheim.[2]

In February 2021, he broke the world record in his age group (the under-20) for the heptathlon, becoming the first to break the 6000 points barrier.[3][4]

In 2021, he won the European Athletics U20 Championships, breaking his own Belgian record for his age group with 8150 points, which was also the best performance by an under-20 athlete that year, and the 4th-best ever.[4]

In February 2022, Hauttekeete won the Belgian Indoor Championships in the heptathlon with a total of 5680 points.[5]

At the 2024 European Athletics Championships, he finished 8th in the decathlon with 8156 points, a new personal best.[6]

Hauttekeette broke the Belgian U23 record and became the third best Belgian overall in the decathlon when he set a new personal record of 8268 points at the Décastar meeting in France in September 2024.[7]

Personal bests

Outdoor

As of 16 September 2024[8]
Event Performance Location Date
Decathlon 8,286 points Talence, France 15 September 2024
100 metres 10.82 Herve, Belgium 18 September 2021
Long jump 7.47 m (24 ft 6 in) Ghent, Belgium 5 March 2023
Shot put 15.16 m (49 ft 8+34 in) Ghent, Belgium 6 February 2021
High jump 2.12 m (6 ft 11+14 in) Aubière, France 28 January 2023
400 metres 48.25 Talence, France 14 September 2024
110 metres hurdles 13.99 Paris, France 7 July 2024
Discus throw 43.74 m (143 ft 6 in) Ninove, Belgium 4 September 2024
Pole vault 5.01 m (16 ft 5 in) Aubière, France 29 January 2023
Javelin throw 59.12 m (193 ft 11+12 in) Talence, France 15 September 2024
1500 metres 4:28.85 Rome, Italy 11 June 2024

Notes

  1. ^ "Meerkamper Hauttekeete: "Plots had ik wereldrecord beet, dat kan toch niet?"". Sporza. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Jente Hauttekeete médaille d'argent du décathlon aux EYOF". RTBF. Belga. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Jente Hauttekeete (18) na wereldrecord: "Totaal onverwacht"". Sporza. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Jente Hauttekeete pakt met Belgisch U20-record EK-goud op tienkamp". Sporza. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Twee toptalenten op podium BK meerkamp bij mannen, Maudens viert bij vrouwen". Sporza (in Dutch). 13 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  6. ^ "EK atletiek: Carmoy valt net naast podium in het hoogspringen, Hauttekeete wordt knap 8e in de tienkamp" (in Dutch). Sporza. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Jente Hauttekeete verbetert Belgisch record tienkamp bij de beloften" (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. 15 September 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Jente HAUTTEKEETE". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
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