Madiea Ghafoor

Madiea Ghafoor

Madiea Ghafoor in Moscow, 2013
Personal information
National team	Netherlands
Ethnicity	Pakistani Baloch
Born	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics

Madiea Ghafoor (born 9 September 1992) is a Dutch female athlete who participates in sprinting and track and field. She mainly competes in the women's 400m sprint, but has also participated in 60m, 100m, 200m and 300m events. She was part of the Netherlands squad at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Ghafoor was born and raised in Amsterdam. Her interest in athletics began when she was at school aged 13. She trains at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam under the coaching of Urta Rozenstruik.

Ghafoor is of Pakistani descent; her parents belong to the Lyari district in Karachi, Sindh. Her grandfather, Lal Baksh Rind, was a senior politician from the Baloch community. She became the first female athlete of Baloch origin to participate in the mega-event.

Ghafoor earned a bronze medal at the 2011 European Athletics Junior Championships in Estonia, coming third in the women's 400m sprint. She has also represented Netherlands in the European Athletics Indoor Championships, reaching up to the semi-finals.