Hassan Taftian

Hassan Taftian
Personal information
Native name
حسن تفتیان
NationalityIranian
Born (1993-05-04) 4 May 1993
EducationPh.D of sport management from the University of Tehran
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
SportRunning
Event
Sprints
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100 m: 10.03 (Paris 2018)
200 m: 20.74 (Loughborough 2018)
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 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. 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.