Ignisious Gaisah
![]() Gaisah at the 2013 World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1983-07-20) 20 July 1983 (age 41) 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: 08.43 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
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- 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
Awards | ||
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Preceded by | Men's Dutch Athlete of the Year 2013 | Succeeded by |
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- 1985:
Jan Leitner (TCH)
- 1987:
Larry Myricks (USA)
- 1989:
Larry Myricks (USA)
- 1991:
Dietmar Haaf (GER)
- 1993:
Iván Pedroso (CUB)
- 1995:
Iván Pedroso (CUB)
- 1997:
Iván Pedroso (CUB)
- 1999:
Iván Pedroso (CUB)
- 2001:
Iván Pedroso (CUB)
- 2003:
Dwight Phillips (USA)
- 2004:
Savanté Stringfellow (USA)
- 2006:
Ignisious Gaisah (GHA)
- 2008:
Godfrey Khotso Mokoena (RSA)
- 2010:
Fabrice Lapierre (AUS)
- 2012:
Mauro Vinícius da Silva (BRA)
- 2014:
Mauro Vinícius da Silva (BRA)
- 2016:
Marquis Dendy (USA)
- 2018:
Juan Miguel Echevarría (CUB)
- 2022:
Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE)
- 2024:
Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE)