Summary
Ignisious Gaisah (born 20 July 1983) is a Ghanaian-born athlete competing in the long jump for the Netherlands.
 Gaisah at the 2013 World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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Career edit
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 edit
References edit
- ^ 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 edit
- Ignisious Gaisah at World Athletics
- Ignisious Gaisah at Diamond League
- Ignisious Gaisah at European Athletics
- Ignisious Gaisah at the Royal Dutch Athletics Federation at the Wayback Machine (archived 17 June 2016) (in Dutch)
- Ignisious Gaisah at Olympedia
- Ignisious Gaisah at Olympics.com
- Ignisious Gaisah at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Ignisious Gaisah at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
- Ignisious Gaisah on Facebook
