| Haydar Aşan | |
| Nationality: | Turkish / American |
| Sport: | Sprinting High jump Pole vault Football |
| Event: | 4 × 100 metres relay - 1928 Summer Olympics, 1st place Athletics - 1933 Balkan Athletics Championship, 2nd place Athletics - 1931 & 1932 Balkan Athletics Championship |
| Club: | Galatasaray |
| Collegeteam: | Fenerbahce, Galatasaray, Duke University |
| Birth Date: | 16 April 1906 |
| Birth Place: | Istanbul |
| Death Place: | California |
Haydar Aşan (16 April 1906 - 29 February 1996) was a Turkish-American Olympic sprinter. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1928 Summer Olympics.[1]
He also competed as a high jumper, pole vaulter, and professional football player. As a teenager he competed in local athletic championships and began amateur boxing. In 1924, at age 18 he joined the professional Fenerbahçe football team, a year later he changed to the Galatasaray football team and stayed there for ten years. In 1931 and 1932, Aşan won second place in the Balkan Athletics Championships.[2] In 1933, he won first place, which was the first time in history Turkey won the gold medal in athletics at the Balkan Athletics Championships.[2] In 1938, he moved to the United States and studied graduate school at Duke University. He played on the school's soccer team and became an American citizen.[2] Haydar married an American veteran nurse and had two daughters.