Madelief van Leur

Madelief van Leur
Madelief van Leur wins the 300 m at the 2025 Ter Specke Bokaal meeting in Lisse, Netherlands.
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (2007-04-19) 19 April 2007
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Sprint
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Netherlands
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place2026 Toruń4 × 400 m relay
European U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place2023 Jerusalem4 × 400 m relay
European U18 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2024 Banska Bystrica400 m

Madelief van Leur (pronounced [madəˈlif vɑn ˈløːr]; born 19 April 2007) is a Dutch sprinter. In 2024, she broke Femke Bol's Dutch under-18 record for the 400 metres indoors.[1]

Biography

From Leusden, in the province of Utrecht, she is a member of Altis athletics club in Amersfoort.[2] She won gold in the 300 metres as a 15-year-old during the National Youth Championships in August 2022.[3]

She was a gold medalist over 200 metres in the Dutch U20 championships in June 2023.[4] She was a silver medalist in the women’s 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem, Israel, in August 2023.[5][6]

In February 2024, she improved the Dutch U18 indoor record for the 400 meters to 53.96 seconds, taking the record from Femke Bol, who previously ran 54.47 seconds in 2017.[7][8] In June 2024, she won the Dutch U18 title over 200 metres in a Dutch age-group record time of 23.71 seconds.[9] She won the bronze medal over 400 metres at the 2024 European Athletics U18 Championships in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia on 20 July 2024 in 53.19 seconds.[10][11]

In February 2025, she was announced as being the subject of the documentary My Fire, by European Athletics.[12] She ran 52.82 seconds for the 400 meters to set a new Dutch indoor under-20 record at the 2025 Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships.[13] That month, she also became Dutch U20 indoor champion over 200 metres and lowered her indoors personal best to 24.02 seconds.[14] She was selected for the 4 x 400 metres relay pool for the home 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships, held in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.[15]

She was selected for the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland in March 2026, winning a silver medal in the women's 4 x 400 metres relay.[16][17][18] She competed with the Dutch squad at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana.[19][20]

References

  1. ↑ "Madelief van Leur". World Athletics. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  2. ↑ "Atleten Madelief van Leur en Abigail Noruwa hebben EK limiet al op zak". Leusderkrant.nl (in Dutch). 19 June 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "Leusden 'sports stars' in the spotlight". Leusderkrant.nl (in Dutch). 15 November 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "Double success for Nathan Houwaard at the National U18/U20 Championships". destadamersfoot.nl (in Dutch). 26 June 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  5. ↑ "European Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  6. ↑ Piest, Tijn (1 June 2024). "Rising Star: Madelief van Leur". Hardloopnetwerk.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  7. ↑ "Atlete Madelief van Leur loopt Nederlands record 400 meter U18". Hardloopnieuws (in Dutch). 18 February 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  8. ↑ "Madelief van Leur loopt record van Femke Bol uit de boeken: 'Eerste op de wereldranglijst, dat is cool'". ad.nl (in Dutch). 21 February 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  9. ↑ "Leusdense atlete Madelief van Leur pakt juniorentitel op 200 meter in recordtijd". Leusderkrant.nl (in Dutch). 17 June 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  10. ↑ "Italian and Polish doubles and four championship bests in the sprints in Banska Bystrica". European Athletics. 20 July 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "European Athletics U18 Championships". World Athletics. 18 July 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  12. ↑ Broadbent, Chris (7 February 2025). "Six months to Tampere 2025! One lap prospects feature on My Fire documentary". European Athletics. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  13. ↑ Roeske, Eric (23 February 2025). "Nederlandse wereldtoppers schitteren op NK indoor". hardloopnetwerk.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  14. ↑ "Nederlandse titels voor Leusdense atletiektalenten". Leusderkrant (in Dutch). 16 February 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  15. ↑ "46 TeamNL atleten in actie tijdens EK Indoor Atletiek in Apeldoorn". Atletiek.nl. 25 February 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  16. ↑ "23 TeamNL atleten in actie op WK Indoor atletiek". Hardloopnieuws.nl. 10 March 2026. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
  17. ↑ "Estafettevrouwen sluiten WK indoor af met zilveren medaille". hardloopnieuws.nl. 22 March 2026. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
  18. ↑ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 22 March 2026. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
  19. ↑ "Athletics Federation announces TeamNL for the World Athletics Relays". atletiek.nl. 17 March 2026. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  20. ↑ Roeske, Eric (3 May 2026). "World Relays: Goal of four World Championship tickets achieved in swinging Gaborone". Hardloopnetwerk. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
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