Kamia Yousufi (Persian: کیمیا یوسفی; born 20 May 1996 in Mashhad, Iran[1]) is an Afghan female sprinter.
She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the women's 100 metres, where she finished in 22nd place in the preliminary round with a time of 14.02 seconds, a national record.
[4] Competing at the 100 metres she finished sixth in the first preliminary heat running a time of 13.29 seconds, which was a new personal best and a national record.
[6] In July 2024, Yousufi was named in a six-person, gender equal Afghanistan team for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban said they did not recognise any female members of the team as only male sports were practiced in the country.