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Ignisious Gaisah
Ghanaian long jumper

Ignisious Gaisah

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Ghanaian long jumper
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Place of birth
Kumasi
Age
41 years
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Biography

Ignisious Gaisah (born July 20, 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 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. 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.

Since July 2013 Gaisah officially competes for the Netherlands after gaining his Dutch passport.

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  Ghana
2003World ChampionshipsParis, France4th8.13 m
All-Africa GamesAbuja, Nigeria1st8.30 m
2004Olympic GamesAthens, Greece6th8.24 m
2005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland2nd8.34 m
2006World Indoor ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia1st8.30 m
Commonwealth GamesMelbourne, Australia1st8.20 m
African ChampionshipsBambous, Mauritius1st8.51 m (w)
2007All-Africa GamesAlgiers, Algeria6th (q)7.80 m
2010World Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar7th7.81 m
African ChampionshipsNairobi, Kenya11th (q)7.54 m
Commonwealth GamesDelhi, India3rd8.12 m
2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea17th (q)7.92 m
All-Africa GamesMaputo, Mozambique2nd7.86 m
2012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey7th7.86 m
African ChampionshipsPorto Novo, Benin3rd7.73 m
Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom18th (q)7.79 m
Representing  Netherlands
2013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia2nd8.29 m
2014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland10th (q)7.99 m
European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland6th8.08 m
2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China22nd (q)7.77 m
2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands3rd7.93 m

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