Hassan Taftian
Hassan Taftian 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, and thus cannot be ratified as new National Record.
International competitions
1Did not start in the finalPersonal bests
Outdoor- 100 metres – 10.03
- 200 metres – 20.74
- 60 metres – 6.51A