Madiea Ghafoor

Madiea Ghafoor (born 9 September 1992) is a Dutch female former athlete who participated in sprinting and track and field. She mainly competed 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. From 2019 to 2025 , she was detained in Germany, convicted to an 8.5 year jail term for smuggling 50 kilograms of drugs into the country.

Background Ghafoor was born and raised in Amsterdam to Pakistani parents. 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. On 4 November, she was convicted by a German court in Kleve and sentenced to an 8-year 6-month jail term. She did not appeal her sentence.