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.
At the 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival, he won the silver medal in the decathlon, behind Sander Skotheim.
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.
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.
In February 2022, Hauttekeete won the Belgian Indoor Championships in the heptathlon with a total of 5680 points.
At the 2024 European Athletics Championships, he finished 8th in the decathlon with 8156 points, a new personal best.
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.
Personal bests
Outdoor
+Combined events Event Performance Location Date Score Decathlon Talence 14–15 September 2024 8,268 points 100 metres 10.61 Götzis 31 May 2025 901 points Long jump Götzis 31 May 2025 942 points Shot put Talence 5 July 2025 801 points High jump Espoo 15 July 2023 915 points 400 metres 48.25 Talence 14 September 2024 897 points 110 metres hurdles 13.79 Brussels 3 August 2025 1,002 points Discus throw Oordegem 27 April 2025 782 points Pole vault Leuven 16 August 2025 972 points Javelin throw Talence 15 September 2024 725 points 1500 metres 4:27.91 Tokyo 21 September 2025 758 points Virtual Best Performance 8,743 points
Indoor
+Combined events Event Performance Location Date Score Heptathlon Apeldoorn 7–8 March 2025 6,259 points 60 meters 6.93 Apeldoorn 7 March 2025 907 points Long jump Frankfurt 13 February 2021 893 points Shot put Apeldoorn 7 March 2025 788 points High jump Aubiére 28 January 2023 915 points 60 metres hurdles 7.95 Apeldoorn 8 March 2025 944 points Pole vault Apeldoorn 8 March 2025 941 points 1000 meters 2:39.82 Apeldoorn 8 March 2025 875 points Virtual Best Performance 6,313 points
External links
Jente Hauttekeete's decathlon profile
Notes