Ignisious Gaisah
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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
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- 1983 births
- African Games gold medalists for Ghana
- African Games gold 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
- Dutch male long jumpers
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Ghanaian emigrants to the Netherlands
- Ghanaian male long jumpers
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- Living people
- Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
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