Jente Hauttekeete

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

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.

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