Hassan Taftian

Hassan Taftian

Hassan Taftian during 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow.
Personal information
Native name	حسن تفتیان
Nationality	Iranian
Born	4 May 1993 Torbat-e Heydarieh, Iran
Education	University of Tehran[1]
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	Sprints
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m: 10.10 (Almaty 2015) 200 m: 20.72 (Tehran 2015)
Medal record Men's athletics Competitor for  Iran Asian Indoor Championships 2016 Doha 60 m

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.

He won the gold medal over 100 metres at the 2012 Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Colombo, Sri Lanka.^[2]

International competitions

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
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 (h)	100 m	10.20
2016	Asian Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	1st	60 m	6.56

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 10.10 (+0.4 m/s, Almaty 2015)
• 200 metres – 20.82 (-0.7 m/s, Almaty 2013)

Indoor

• 60 metres – 6.56 (Doha 2016)

References

1. 2015 WSG profile
2. Taftian Hassan does ‘Bolt’ in Lanka

External links

• Hassan Taftian profile at IAAF