Hassan Taftian (; 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 Summer Olympics. 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.Taftian Hassan does ‘Bolt’ in 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.
At the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games at Konya, Turkey, Taftian ran a time of 9.88 seconds, but his run was wind-assisted (5.1 m/s), and thus cannot be ratified as new National Record.
International competitions Representing 2009Asian Youth GamesSingapore6th100 m11.272010Asian Junior ChampionshipsHanoi, Vietnam2nd100 m10.81World Junior ChampionshipsMoncton, Canada19th (sf)100 m10.892012Asian Junior ChampionshipsColombo, Sri Lanka1st100 m10.493rd200 m21.60World Junior ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain9th (sf)100 m10.46West Asian ChampionshipsDubai, United Arab Emirates4th100 m10.521st4 × 100 m40.262013Asian ChampionshipsPune, India8th100 m10.54World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia48th (h)100 m10.572014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland19th (sf)60 m6.67Asian GamesIncheon, South Korea10th (sf)100 m10.508th200 m21.242015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China20th (sf)100 m10.202016Asian Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar1st60 m6.56Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil22nd (sf)100 m10.232017Islamic Solidarity GamesBaku, Azerbaijan8th100 m11.99Asian ChampionshipsBhubaneswar, India1st100 m10.2510th (sf)200 m21.18World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom34th (h)100 m10.34Asian Indoor and Martial Arts GamesAshgabat, Turkmenistan1st60 m6.552018Asian Indoor ChampionshipsTehran, Iran1st60 m6.51World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom5th60 m6.53Asian GamesJakarta, Indonesia6th100 m10.1914th (sf)200 m21.472019Asian ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar7th (sf)100 m10.251World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar27th (h)100 m10.24 Military World GamesWuhan, China1st100 m10.242021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan28th (h)100 m10.192022World Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia35th (h)60 m6.75Islamic Solidarity GamesKonya, Turkey5th100 m 10.02 –200 mDQ2023Asian ChampionshipsBangkok, Thailand3rd100 m10.23World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary23rd (h)100 m10.17Asian GamesHangzhou, China4th100 m10.142024Asian Indoor ChampionshipsTehran, Iran6th60 m6.69Olympic GamesParis, France33rd (h)100 m10.182025Asian ChampionshipsGumi, South Korea8th100 m10.41 1Did not start in the final
Personal bests Outdoor 100 metres – 10.03 (+1.2 m/s, Paris 2018) 200 metres – 20.74 (+0.8 m/s, Loughborough 2018) Indoor 60 metres – 6.51A (Tehran 2018)
See also List of Iranian records in athletics
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