Ignisious Gaisah
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| Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 July 1983 Kumasi, Ghana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Long jump | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | global sports communications | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | Third | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best | Long jump: 8.43 m NR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ignisious Gaisah (born 20 July 1983) is a Ghanaian-born athlete competing in the long jump for the Netherlands.
Career
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 2 February 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
- ^ "Bekele and Gaisah victorious – two titles for Egypt – African Champs Day One". Iaaf.org. 10 August 2006. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ "Breaking News: Long jumper Ignisious Gaisah completes Holland switch". Allsports Ghana's Premier Sports News Source. 9 July 2013. Archived from the original on 13 July 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
External links
- Ignisious Gaisah at World Athletics
- Ignisious Gaisah at European Athletics
- Ignisious Gaisah at Diamond League
- Ignisious Gaisah at Olympics.com
- Ignisious Gaisah at Olympedia
World Indoor Champions in men's long jump | |
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Commonwealth Games champions in men's long jump | |
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- 1983 births
- African Games gold medalists for Ghana
- African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes from Rotterdam
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 All-Africa Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 All-Africa Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Ghana
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Ghana
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Dutch male long jumpers
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Ghanaian emigrants to the Netherlands
- Ghanaian male long jumpers
- IAAF Continental Cup winners
- Living people
- Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Olympic athletes for Ghana
- Sportspeople from Kumasi
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Ghana
- World Athletics Championships athletes for the Netherlands
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- World Athletics Indoor Championships winners