Hassan Taftian

Hassan Taftian (Persian: حسن تفتیان; born 4 May 1993 in Torbat-e Heydarieh) is an Iranian sprinter. He represented his country at two outdoor and one indoor World Championships.

Hassan Taftian
Personal information
Native nameحسن تفتیان
NationalityIranian
Born (1993-05-04) 4 May 1993
Torbat-e Heydarieh, Iran
EducationUniversity of Tehran[1]
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
SportRunning
Event(s)Sprints
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100 m: 10.03 (Paris 2018)
200 m: 20.71 (Tehran 2017)
60 m: 6.51 (Tehran 2018)

Taftian won the gold medal in 100 metres at the 2012 Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Colombo, Sri Lanka.[2] In 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.[3]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
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
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

1Did not start in the final

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

See also

References

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