Hassan Taftian

Personal information
Native name	حسن تفتیان
Nationality	Iranian
Born	(1993-05-04) 4 May 1993 (age 31) Torbat-e Heydarieh, Iran
Education	Ph.D sport management University of Tehran[1]
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.^[2] He represented his country at four outdoor and three indoor World Championships.^[3]

Taftian won the gold medal in 100 metres at the 2012 Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Colombo, Sri Lanka.^[4] 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.^[5]

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

Outdoor

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

Indoor

• 60 metres – 6.51A (Tehran 2018)

• List of Iranian records in athletics

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

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