Hassan Taftian
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Native name | حسن تفتیان | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Iranian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Torbat-e Heydarieh, Iran | 4 May 1993||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | University of Tehran[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Sprints | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | 100 m: 10.029 (Paris 2018) 200 m: 20.71 (Tehran 2017) 60 m: 6.51A (Tehran 2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
Taftian won the gold medal in 100 metres at the 2012 Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Colombo, Sri Lanka.[2] 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.[3]
International competitions[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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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 | |
2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 28th (h) | 100 m | 10.19 |
1Did not start in the final
Personal bests[]
Outdoor
- 100 metres – 10.029 (+1.2 m/s, Paris 2018)
- 200 metres – 20.71 (Tehran 2017)
Indoor
- 60 metres – 6.51A (Tehran 2018)
See also[]
References[]
External links[]
Categories:
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Iranian male sprinters
- Olympic male sprinters
- Olympic athletes of Iran
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games competitors for Iran
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Iran
- Asian Indoor Athletics Championships winners
- Iranian athletics biography stubs