Hassan Taftian

Hassan Taftian

Personal information
Native name	حسن تفتیان
Nationality	Iranian
Born	(1993-05-04) 4 May 1993 Torbat-e Heydarieh, Iran
Education	Ph.D sport management University of Tehran
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event	Sprints
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m: 10.03 (Paris 2019) 200 m: 20.71 (Tehran 2017) 60 m: 6.51A (Tehran 2018)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing Iran Asian Championships 2017 Bhubaneswar 100 m 2023 Bangkok 100 m Asian Indoor Championships 2016 Doha 60 m 2018 Tehran 60 m Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games 2017 Ashgabat 60 m Asian Junior Championships 2012 Colombo 100 m 2010 Hanoi 100 m 2012 Colombo 200 m

Hassan Taftian (Persian: حسن تفتیان; born 4 May 1993 in Torbat-e Heydarieh) is an Iranian sprinter. He is an olympic sprinter that represented Iran at Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020, and Paris 2024. He represented his country at four outdoor and three indoor World Championships.

Taftian won the gold medal in 100 metres at the 2012 Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Colombo, Sri Lanka. On 8 July 2017 Taftian became the first Iranian to ever win the gold medal in 100 metres in an Asian Athletics Championships after finishing with a time of 10.25 seconds at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar, India.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Iran
2009	Asian Youth Games	Singapore	6th	100 m	11.27
2010	Asian Junior Championships	Hanoi, Vietnam	2nd	100 m	10.81
	World Junior Championships	Moncton, Canada	19th (sf)	100 m	10.89
2012	Asian Junior Championships	Colombo, Sri Lanka	1st	100 m	10.49
			3rd	200 m	21.60
	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	9th (sf)	100 m	10.46
	West Asian Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	4th	100 m	10.52
			1st	4 × 100 m	40.26
2013	Asian Championships	Pune, India	8th	100 m	10.54
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	48th (h)	100 m	10.57
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	19th (sf)	60 m	6.67
	Asian Games	Incheon, South Korea	10th (sf)	100 m	10.50
			8th	200 m	21.24
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	20th (sf)	100 m	10.20
2016	Asian Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	1st	60 m	6.56
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	22nd (sf)	100 m	10.23
2017	Islamic Solidarity Games	Baku, Azerbaijan	8th	100 m	11.99
	Asian Championships	Bhubaneswar, India	1st	100 m	10.25
			10th (sf)	200 m	21.18
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	34th (h)	100 m	10.34
	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	1st	60 m	6.55
2018	Asian Indoor Championships	Tehran, Iran	1st	60 m	6.51
	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	5th	60 m	6.53
	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	6th	100 m	10.19
			14th (sf)	200 m	21.47
2019	Asian Championships	Doha, Qatar	7th (sf)	100 m	10.251
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	27th (h)	100 m	10.24
	Military World Games	Wuhan, China	1st	100 m	10.24
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	28th (h)	100 m	10.19
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	35th (h)	60 m	6.75
	Islamic Solidarity Games	Konya, Turkey	5th	100 m	10.02
			–	200 m	DQ
2023	Asian Championships	Bangkok, Thailand	3rd	100 m	10.23
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	23rd (h)	100 m	10.17
	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	4th	100 m	10.14
2024	Asian Indoor Championships	Tehran, Iran	6th	60 m	6.69
	Olympic Games	Paris, France	33rd (h)	100 m	10.18

¹Did not start in the final

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 10.029 (+1.2 m/s, Paris 2018)
• 200 metres – 20.71 (Tehran 2017)

Indoor

• 60 metres – 6.51A (Tehran 2018)

See also

• List of Iranian records in athletics

External links

• Hassan Taftian at World Athletics
• Hassan Taftian at Diamond League
• Hassan Taftian at Olympedia