Noor Vidts (born 30 May 1996)[2] is a Belgian athlete competing in the combined events. She won the gold medal in the pentathlon at the 2022 and 2024 World Indoor Championships. Vidts won the bronze medal in the heptathlon at the 2024 Paris Olympics, having placed fourth in the event at the Tokyo Olympics held in 2021. She earned silver and bronze for the pentathlon at the 2021 and 2023 European Indoor Championships respectively.

Noor Vidts
Personal information
Born (1996-05-30) 30 May 1996 (age 28)
Vilvoorde, Belgium
EducationCatholic University of Leuven
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Sport
CountryBelgium
SportAthletics
Event(s)Heptathlon, Pentathlon
ClubVilvoorde Atletiekclub
Coached byFernando Oliva
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Belgium
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Heptathlon
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Rome Heptathlon
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Belgrade Pentathlon
Gold medal – first place 2024 Glasgow Pentathlon
European Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Torun Pentathlon
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Istanbul Pentathlon
Vidts (centre) hurdles at the 2023 European Indoor Championships in Istanbul

At the 2022 World Indoor Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia, Vidts set a Belgian pentathlon record, slicing 24 points off Nafissatou Thiam's previous best.[3] She won four national titles.

She won her first medal at a major outdoor championship, the bronze in the heptathlon, at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy.[4]

Achievements

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International competitions

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Representing   Belgium
Year Competition Venue Position Event Result
2013 World Youth Championships Donetsk, Ukraine 15th Heptathlon (U18) 5289 pts
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, OR, United States 16th Heptathlon 5342 pts
2015 European Junior Championships Eskilstuna, Sweden 4th Heptathlon 5652 pts
2017 European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 5th Heptathlon 5924 pts
Universiade Taipei, Taiwan 3rd Heptathlon 5728 pts
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 20th Heptathlon 5598 pts
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 15th Heptathlon 5989 pts
2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 2nd Pentathlon 4791 pts
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 4th Heptathlon 6571 pts
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 1st Pentathlon 4929 pts NR
World Championships Eugene, OR, United States 5th Heptathlon 6559 pts
European Championships Munich, Germany 4th Heptathlon 6467 pts
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 3rd Pentathlon 4823 pts
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 6th Heptathlon 6450 pts
2024 World Indoor Championships Glasgow, Scotland 1st Pentathlon 4773 pts
European Championships Rome, Italy 3rd Heptathlon 6596 pts
Olympic Games Paris, France 3rd Heptathlon 6707 pts PB

Personal bests

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Indoors

National titles

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References

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  1. ^ "VIDTS Noor | Paris 2024". olympics.com. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Noor VIDTS – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Goud! Noor Vidts kroont zich op WK indoor tot wereldkampioene in vijfkamp". Het Laatste Nieuws. 18 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  4. ^ "European Athletics Championships: Thiam wins heptathlon, bronze for Vidts". Belga (news agency). 9 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
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