Ignisious Gaisah
Gaisah at the 2013 World Championships
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Nationality | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | July 20, 1983 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Long jump | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | Long jump: | 8.43 m NR|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ignisious Gaisah (born July 20, 1983) is a Ghanaian born athlete competing in the long jump for the Netherlands.
Gaisah moved to the Netherlands in 2001 and currently lives and trains in Rotterdam. He competes for P.A.C. Rotterdam.
In 2005 jumped a personal best 8.34 metres to win the silver medal at the World Championships in Helsinki, finishing behind Dwight Phillips. On February 2, 2006, in Stockholm he leaped to an African indoor record that also won him the gold medal in this event by jumping 8.36 metres.[1] He continued his good form to win the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships a month later with a jump of 8.30 metres, followed quickly by the 2006 Commonwealth Games gold medal with a jump of 8.20 metres.
At the 2006 African Championships in Athletics Gaisah won the gold medal with an 8.51 m jump, beating Cheikh Touré's African record of 8.46 metres from 1997, but as the tail wind was too strong (+3.7 m/s) the result could not become a new record.[2] Since July 2013 Gaisah officially competes for the Netherlands after gaining his Dutch passport.[3]
Competition record
References
- ↑ Area Indoor Records – Men – Africa – IAAF.org
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External links
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- Ignisious Gaisah profile at IAAF
- Commons category link from Wikidata
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- 1983 births
- Living people
- Ghanaian long jumpers
- Dutch male long jumpers
- Dutch people of Ghanaian descent
- Olympic athletes of Ghana
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Ghana
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Ghana
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Ghana
- Sportspeople from Rotterdam
- World Championships in Athletics medalists
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for the Netherlands
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for Ghana