Jente Hauttekeete

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

At the 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival, he won the silver medal in the decathlon, behind Sander Skotheim.[1]

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.[2][3]

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.[3]

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.[4]

Notes
  1. "Jente Hauttekeete médaille d'argent du décathlon aux EYOF". RTBF. Belga. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  2. "Jente Hauttekeete (18) na wereldrecord: "Totaal onverwacht"". Sporza. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  3. "Jente Hauttekeete pakt met Belgisch U20-record EK-goud op tienkamp". Sporza. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  4. "Meerkamper Hauttekeete: "Plots had ik wereldrecord beet, dat kan toch niet?"". Sporza. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
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