Hassan Taftian
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| Native name | حسن تفتیان | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Iranian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 May 1993 Torbat-e Heydarieh, Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Ph.D sport management 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 | Sprints | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 100 m: 10.03 (Paris 2019) 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 is an olympic sprinter that represented Iran at Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020, and Paris 2024.[2] He represented his country at four outdoor and three indoor World Championships.[3]
Taftian won the gold medal in 100 metres at the 2012 Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Colombo, Sri Lanka.[4] 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.[5]
International competitions
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
- ^ 2015 WSG profile
- ^ "olympic official website".
- ^ "Hassan TAFTIAN | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
- ^ Taftian Hassan does ‘Bolt’ in Lanka
- ^ "Taftian upsets Ogunode to land Iran's first Asian 100m title | REPORT | World Athletics".
External links
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- 1993 births
- Living people
- Iranian male sprinters
- Olympic male sprinters
- Olympic athletes for 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 Athletics Championships winners
- Asian Indoor Athletics Championships winners
- Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Iran
- Islamic Solidarity Games athletes (track and field)
- Competitors at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games
- Competitors at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
- People from Razavi Khorasan province
- 21st-century Iranian sportspeople
- West Asian Athletics Championships winners
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