Noor Vidts (born 30 May 1996) 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.
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. 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.
Personal life Vidts is married to Belgian judoka Jorre Verstraeten.
Achievements International competitions 2013World Youth ChampionshipsDonetsk, Ukraine15thHeptathlon (U18)5289 pts2014World Junior ChampionshipsEugene, United States16thHeptathlon5342 pts2015European Junior ChampionshipsEskilstuna, Sweden4thHeptathlon5652 pts2017European U23 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland5thHeptathlon5924 ptsUniversiadeTaipei, Taiwan3rdHeptathlon5728 pts2018European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany20thHeptathlon5598 pts2019World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar15thHeptathlon5989 pts2021European Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland2ndPentathlon4791 ptsOlympic GamesTokyo, Japan4thHeptathlon6571 pts2022World Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia1stPentathlon4929 pts World ChampionshipsEugene, United States5thHeptathlon6559 ptsEuropean ChampionshipsMunich, Germany4thHeptathlon6467 pts2023European Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey3rdPentathlon4823 ptsWorld ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary6thHeptathlon6450 pts 2024World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, Scotland1stPentathlon4773 pts European ChampionshipsRome, Italy3rdHeptathlon6596 pts Olympic GamesParis, France3rdHeptathlon6707 pts 2026European ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom11thHeptathlon6286 pts
Personal bests Heptathlon – 6707 pts (Paris 2024) 100 m hurdles – 13.10 s (−0.1 m/s, Paris 2024) High jump – 1.84 m (La Nucia 2019) Shot put – 14.79 m (Rome 2024) 200 metres – 23.70 s (+1.5 m/s, Tokyo 2021) Long jump – 6.46 m (Rome 2024) Javelin throw – 45.00 m (Paris 2024) 800 metres – 2:06.38 min (Paris 2024) 100 metres – 12.14 s (+0.6 m/s, Ninove 2017) Indoors Pentathlon – 4929 pts (Belgrade 2022) 60 m hurdles – 8.15 s (Belgrade 2022) High jump – 1.84 m (Antequera 2019) Shot put – 14.26 m (Glasgow 2024) Long jump – 6.60 m (Belgrade 2022) 800 metres – 2:08.81 min (Belgrade 2022) 60 metres indoor – 7.82 s (Ghent 2018)
National titles Belgian Athletics Championships Heptathlon: 2019, 2020 Belgian Indoor Athletics Championships Pentathlon: 2017, 2018
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